The paper considers the issues of forest reproduction by plantation type based on selection and genetic approaches in forest cultivation and forest seed production. The research explores the growth condition and regularities of common pine plus-trees, the best individuals with high-quality...

The forest management system established in Russia in recent years is characterized by a number of problems, including economic ones. The article reveals conceptual theoretical and methodological provisions for the development of sustainable forest management based on the formation of an...

Research facilities on thinning operations for forests in North-West of Russia were established during 1929-1930 according to technique accepted by the II World Forestry Congress in 1928 in Rome. The purpose of this work originally consist on clarification of effectiveness of this forestry...

Background: Forest harvesting changes forest habitat and impacts forest dependent species. Uneven-aged management is often considered better for biodiversity than even-aged management, but there is an ongoing discourse over the benefits and disadvantages of different silvicultural systems. This...

With inefficient ways of forest management in place due to financial issues, this article poses a number of proposals on how to efficiently reboot Russian forest management intensification through the improvement of forest fund quality. This includes law enforcement proposals, regulatory framework...

This article talks about the need for the radical modernization for forest accounting system in the following areas: improvement of the regulatory framework for forest accounting; development and widespread introduction of new high-performance digital technologies for forest accounting based on...

With 20% of the world's forests, Russia has global potential in bioeconomy development, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. However, unsustainable forest management based on 'wood mining' reduces this potential. Based on document analysis, participant observations and...

Forest use remains extensive and ineffective on the lands of Subarctic European Russia. There is no consistent forest management system. The felling volumes do not reduce. Forest mortality increases from environmental pollution fires, and uncontrolled reindeer herding loads. Fundamental provision...

East European forests dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) in the broad-leaved-coniferous zone should be considered as secondary communities formed under the influence of centuries-long activities (logging, fires and planting) and extended outside their natural range. The study...