The article is devoted to the issues related to the development of methods for introducing the circular economy to the timber industry in Russia. Much attention is given to the introduction of a closed-loop economy that will create a beneficial environment for the development of the timber...

In this article, WWF-Russia with the participation of FSC launched a project to create an online database of responsible forest management practices. Logging companies, in particular FSC certificate holders, as well as forest authorities, stakeholders, etc. are considered as the main user audience. ...

The XXII St. Petersburg International Timber Forum took place in St. Petersburg. As part of the plenary discussion, Senator Tatyana Gigel, Chairman of the Expert Advisory Council on the Forestry Complex under the Committee of the Federation Council on Agrarian and Food Policy and Nature Management, ...

An analysis of a numerous official documents and publications reveals a serious crisis of forest management in Russia. Collapse of the forest economy has resulted from shocking changes at the end of the 20th century and accepting a new Forest Code, approved in 2006, in which any reference to...

Over extended periods issues of forest management intensification are important in all aspects of Russian forest sector development. Sufficient research has been done in silviculture, forest planning and forest economics to address forest management intensification targets. Systems of our national...

The development of forest policy and forest economics in Russia is traced during the period since the October Revolution of 1917. Forestry was one of the very last branches of the Russian economy to come to terms with market conditions in the 1990s, and the reasons for and the consequences of this...

The concepts of production costs and stumpage prices are discussed in the context of the forestry situation in Russia today. The Forest Research Institute at St Petersburg has proposed a comprehensive solution to the question of proper stumpage prices for standing timber in a market economy, based...

A continuation of a series of articles on the economics of sustainable management and utilization of forest resources in Russia. The modelling of market prices for roundwood, harvesting costs, and stumpage values is described, and an illustrative table is presented showing, for part of the Komi...

State income generated by stock-piling of timber varies between Russian Federal Districts. North-Western, Siberian and Volga Federal Districts contribute 28%, 22% and 19% of total income, respectively. At the same time Ural, Far Eastern and Southern Districts contribute only 7%, 6% and 0.6% of...

An improvement in cost accounting (CA) is one of the most important elements of the development of modern logging industry in Russia. CA of wood harvesting is important for management and decision making; it provides necessary information for choosing the optimal method of wood harvesting and for...