Winners of the Forestry Sector Annual Award “Golden Pine Cone” determined; award recipients to be congratulated on ReTV in February

The Forest Days Committee has determined the 2020 winners of the Forestry Sector Annual Award “Golden Pine Cone” in the categories “For Lifetime Achievement”, “For Innovative Entrepreneurship”, “For Sustainable Management” and “For Contribution to the Development of Science in the Sector”. The “Golden Pine Cone” is the forestry sector’s annual highest distinction for significant achievements and contributions to the sector.

The “Golden Pine Cone” award in the category “For Lifetime Achievement”, which is awarded for a significant lifetime contribution to the development of the sector, will go to outstanding forestry professionals: forester Astra Boķe, scientist Gaļina Dobele, forester Edvīns Ģērmanis, educator and associate professor at the Forest Faculty of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies Ziedonis Sarmulis, and forester (forest selection specialist and maintainer of the forest tree seed base) Gundega Vītola.

The winners in the category “For Innovative Entrepreneurship” are SIA “Cewood”, SIA “Pavasars Housing Construction” and SIA “UOT”.

In the category “For Contribution to the Development of Science in the Sector”, the winners are researcher at the Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava” Jānis Donis, leading researcher at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies Aleksejs Nipers, and the team of the Polymer Laboratory of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LV KĶI): LV KĶI director, head of the Polymer Laboratory and corresponding member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Dr.sc.ing. Uģis Cābulis, leading researcher at the Polymer Laboratory, PhD Anda Fridrihsone, leading researcher at the Polymer Laboratory, PhD Miķelis Kirpļuks, and researcher at the Polymer Laboratory, PhD Aiga Ivdre.

The winners in the category “For Sustainable Management” are Dzintars Laivenieks, Gatis Lācis and Atis Poga.

It is planned that the recipients of the “Golden Pine Cone” and “Little Golden Pine Cone” annual awards will be announced during a TV broadcast on the ReTV channel on Monday, 22 February 2021, at 21:25. 

Three repeat broadcasts are scheduled: 

• Friday, 26 February 2021, at 13:30, 
• Saturday, 27 February 2021, at 19:00, 
• Sunday, 28 February 2021, at 11:00.