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In the festive occasion the Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan Almas Nazirov took part. The Volga Region Center for Intensive Forest Technologies will allow forming on the basis of the Volga State Technological University – VOLGATEH – the basic platform for the development of “forest” education in all Volga Federal District where the students of specialized universities and colleges will undergo practical training, the forestry workers will upgrade their skills. It is planned that the Volga Region Center for Intensive Technologies will become not only a cluster for the development and introduction of state-of-the-art domestic developments in the field of forest management and reforestation, but also allow other regions to create new centers of innovation in the field of forestry.

Today in the capital of the Republic of Mari El the Volga Region Forest Forum has been held. The Minister of Forestry of Tatarstan Almas Nazirov took part there. He made a presentation “The use of ball-rooted planting stock in reforestation: prospects and problems”. During his speech, the Minister noted that in Tatarstan the achievements of modern science and technology are actively introduced in forestry. In this context, the Forest Breeding and Seed Center successfully operates in the republic. It is an innovative complex which includes the latest technology for the production of ball-rooted planting stock of main forest-forming species and fancy breed. The center provides for storage and processing of seeds and production of seeds with the improved genetic properties. This complex is the largest automatically-controlled forest and breeding center in Europe which is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment by BCC AB (Sweden). The production capacity of this center is 2.0 tons of seeds of coniferous species, 12 million units of ball-rooted planting stock including 4 million units of Scots pine, 4 million units of Norway spruce, 2 million units of Siberian larch, and 2 million units of fancy breeds of trees and shrubs.

In compliance with the Article 8.32 (violation of fire safety rules in forests) of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences 30 persons (individuals, officials, and legal entities) have been imposed liability since the beginning of the year. The total amount of fines was 552,000 rubles. Due to the restriction of people staying and vehicle entrance into the forests, in the republic the additional measures focused on preventing the deterioration of fire situation in forests are carried out. The particular attention is paid to forest areas that are the place of public entertainment and located in close proximity to population centers and economic entities and to the coniferous saplings. Together with the bodies of internal affairs the temporary stations in the places of public entertainment have been arranged. The additional barriers at the entrances to forests have been installed; the forces and means of fire extinguishing have been prepared.