22-26 October 2012

The head of the Federal Forestry Agency Maslyakov V. N. visited the VNIILM exhibition opened in the framework of the forum.

The exhibition stands were presented to the Institute of technology: lesovosproizvodstva and use of forests, radiation and environmental monitoring, resilience and rehabilitation of forests damaged by anthropogenic impacts, protection of forests from pests, creating landing dikorastuyuschih berry plants, as well as full-scale models of six selected varieties of cranberry bog and cranberries.

Sparked the interest of the Head of the Federal Forestry Agency of the new technology for environmentally safe biological means to protect forests against harmful insects. Was shown the process of mass breeding entomophage - Chinese eulofida in the laboratory. There is the first positive experience of its use for the protection of forests.

In the framework of the International Forum on Forests, "Forest and Man" was presented forecasts of forest sector of the Russian Federation until 2030.

Forecast is an independent expert assessment of the current state of the forest sector of the Russian Federation and the prospects for its development up to 2030. Study was prepared by a group of experts, including representatives of science, education, business and civil society. Among the authors are employees of the VNIILM: A.A. Martyniuk, Filipchuk A.N., B.N. Moiseev, Nezhlukto M.F.

Forecast envisages three scenarios for the forest sector: slow, moderate, and innovation. The forest sector of the Russian Federation will continue to increase production in all scenarios, but the innovative scenario will ensure its progressive development of the principles of sustainable management.

Research shows that the transition to an innovative scenario the forest sector of the Russian Federation needs in meaningful reforms to its restructuring and improving governance. Broad international cooperation will be an important factor in achieving this goal, and because Russia is actively cooperating with FAO in many areas related to the use, reproduction and protection of their forests. Federal Forestry Agency was the initiator of this independent expert research and maintain it at every stage. FAO has provided full support to the project, primarily methodological.

FFA presentation was opened by Head of the Federal Forestry Agency Maslyakov V.N. The Director of the FAO Forestry Department of FAO Eduardo Rojas-Briales. Speakers stressed the importance of research to develop and make informed decisions in the field of forest policy and economics.

A report on the development of the resource potential of the Russian Federation made VNIILM deputy director Filipchuk A.N.

FLEG process is currently one of the leading intergovernmental processes designed to promote sustainable management and improvement of law enforcement in the forest sector.

At the round table, each national coordinator highlighted the achievements of the country in improving forest law to improve the sustainability of forest management.

National Coordinator in our country is the Deputy Head of the Federal Forestry Agency Panfilov A.V., VNIILM deputy director Filipchuk A.N. is his deputy. The main positive outcome of the Russian Federation in the FLEG process - the new Forest Code and regulations aimed at improving forest management and enhancement of their environmental, economic and social potential of the Development Programme for Forestry 2012-2020, which determines the specific actions and performance of the industry , the draft forest policy, which reflected issues of improving forest management, law enforcement, the Russian commitment to sustainable forest management.

The successful implementation of the first phase of the ENPI FLEG in making a decision the European Commission and the World Bank to continue the program in the second phase, which lasted from 2012 to 2016. The European Commission plans to allocate nine million euros for the development of forest management in the Russian Federation and the CIS countries.

At the round table forum with the report from the report "Modern forest management processes, technical requirements for machinery and equipment based on the needs assessment of forest management", "Projects science-based regulations governing the state control over the circulation of round timber" made B.M. Bolshakov, deputy director VNIILM.

The participants discussed the approaches of public policy in the field of forest relations, identified areas of competitive advantages of our country through the effective use of forests.

This article has been translated by machine translation.