The State Forestry Enterprise (Valstybinė miškų urėdija, VMU) has reported that 30,000 cubic metres of windthrow and windsnap, i.e. trees that have been uprooted or broken by wind, has accumulated after thunderstorms hit Lithuania on 6-7 August.
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Lithuanian Environment Minister Kestutis Mazeika on Wednesday ordered the State Forestry Enterprise to halt clear-cutting at Punia pinewood, one of the most valuable forests in Lithuania.
Marius Pulkauninkas, chief forest officer of the State Forestry Enterprise of Lithuania, is staying in his position for now as the environment minister did not accept his resignation, saying that Pulkauninkas' fate will be decided in the middle of July.
Marius Pulkauninkas, chief forest officer of the State Forestry Enterprise of Lithuania, is stepping down, the environment minister told BNS Lithuania.
Lithuanian firefighters remain on high alert after containing fires that ranged across the country earlier this week, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas said on Friday.
Lithuania will likely have only five companies with the status of a state enterprise in half a year's time, including the Centre of Registers, the state car registration company Regitra, the State Forestry Enterprise, the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and an agricultural regulation company, Economy M...
