BB.lv: They promise not to remove backyard peat from residents: it’s going to proceed to be extracted

Relating to the extraction of our nationwide useful resource, peat, the quantity of peat extracted for horticulture is anticipated to stay at present ranges, whereas the extraction of vitality peat ought to be fully phased out following 2030.

It ought to be famous that peat is not burned anyplace.

Initially, representatives of agriculture, forestry and peat extraction firms have been involved that manufacturing volumes would lower throughout the implementation of the Nationwide Local weather and Power Plan, because the objective of the plan is to fight local weather change by lowering emissions and manufacturing. However ultimately, the Ministry of Agriculture selected a situation wherein manufacturing volumes in Latvia don’t lower – the peat trade should live on, as a result of there are a lot of swamps within the nation, however solely 3-4% are used for extraction.

Latvian Peat Affiliation board member Ingrida Kriege stated the very best compromise had most likely been reached, as preliminary assumptions indicated that the peat trade in Latvia would stop to exist within the very close to future.