Latvian Environment Links

by Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Being Updated March 2007-December  2007

The purpose of this link page is to provide useful business links associated with Latvia.  There is no commercial purpose or personal financial gain from this link page.  Most links include a title, languages used, services, and a brief description of the mission and purpose of the site.  Services include search engines, blogs, on-line polls, site of origin (e.g., .lv, .com, .net) and transactions.  Transactions could be nonfinancial (e.g., registration) to financial (e.g., payment of fees) Almost every brief description is a direct quote from the link.  Most of these direct quotes will refer to either the mission or objectives of the link.

Baltic Data House (Lv, E, R) (.lv site) "Baltic Data House and BMF  belong to worlds third global research group – TNS, and forms the largest market and social research centre in Baltic countries. Baltic Data House group offers wide range of services to obtain necessary information for decision making in marketing, business planning and public administration. Each year the group services are used by more than 200 clients – among them are SME, industry leaders, as well as governmental and academic institutions."

Baltic Environmental Forum (Lv, Lt, Est, E, R, Danish) (.lv site) "The Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF) project started operating in June 1995. It was founded to enable the three Baltic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to co-ordinate information, expertise and experience exchange in the environmental field. It provides practical support for the environmental co-operation as laid down in a trilateral agreement of the three governments in 1995."

Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (Lv) (.lv site) Publications include: general statistics, economy and finances, population and social conditions, industry construction, trade, and services, agriculture and environment indicators, foreign trade, transportation and communication, and health statistics.

EnviroLink Network (E, F) (includes Search Engine, Transaction, Blog) (.org site)"The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991."

Environmental Protection Club (Lv, E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.lv site)"Latvian Environmental Protection Club (VAK) is one of the most experienced NGO's in Latvia. It was established in 1987 and became well known in Latvia not only because of ecological activities, but also with work on democracy and independence issues.Now VAK is grassroots organization with about 3400 individual members (more than 500 activists) and 64 local branches. Main topics of activities are nature protection (nature reserves, coastal protection, cleanups), public participation (EIA procedures, spatial planning and development issues), environmental protection (EU integration, EPI and horizontal issues), and environmental awareness (environmental education and information).VAK is actively working on the international level as a member organization of different networks – Friends of the Earth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe and CEE Bankwatch, and as a contact organization for the European Environmental Bureau and T&E Europe."

Latvian Fund for Nature (Lv, E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.lv site) "The Latvian Fund for Nature (Latvijas Dabas fonds – LDF) was founded with the aim of developing a project to protect rare and endangered species and natural areas, and, by attracting financial support, to provide for the implementation of such a conservation project. In the initial period of activity, the main emphasis was on protecting certain species, but with time, as experience was gained in formulating and implementing projects, comprehensive nature conservation plans became the fund’s main priority."

Oak Ridge DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics (E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.gov site)"A source for biogeochemical and ecological data useful for studying environmental processes. These data have been collected on the ground, from aircraft, or by satellite or have been generated by computer models. The extent of data ranges from site-specific to global, and durations range from days to years."

State Land Service (Lv, E--partial) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.lv government site)"The State Land Service of the Republic of Latvia is the state institution, which performs administration of real estate, inventory (cadastre) in the whole territory and visualization of geographical information of the territory (geodesy and cartography)."

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (E) (includes Search Engine, Transaction) (.org site)"The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Our programs concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. We also address the relationship between trade and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment."

Zala Biblioteka (Lv) (.lv site) Organization for Nature protection

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