The “round table” meeting of the Committee for Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology of the State Duma of the Russian Federation was held in Saby forestry

      Before the meeting, the deputies familiarized with complex management of the forestland: they visited shops of the wood processing complex, inspected fire and chemical station of the 3rd type “Saba” and greenhouses of the Forest Selection and Seed Center. Further, the “round table” on “Statutory regulation in the field of forest reproduction and forest cultivation: tasks, problems, and prospects” was held in the convention room of the Forest Selection and Seed Center.

Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Head of the Federal Forestry Agency Vladimir Lebedev, Chairperson of the Committee of the State Duma for Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology Vladimir Kashin, the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Nail Magdeev, as well as representatives of scientific and business community, experts of forestry management and ecology participated in the meeting.

         Addressing the deputies, the Minister Nail Magdeev acknowledged that such sparsely forested regions as Tatarstan need legislative support for its economic activity so that all forest management work is done with minimum expenses but maximum benefit for the forest. “That’s why we asked the deputies to discuss these matters here on the spot”, emphasized the Minister.

           When summarizing the results of the onsite meeting, Vladimir Kashin acknowledged: “We have to take note that, in general, the forest loss rate in Russia outruns the forest restoration rate. That’s why the matters of forest restoration are very important. At present, forest seedlings are planted only on approximately 10% of the felled area. Meanwhile, half of them don’t survive. Consequently, we need to take forest nurseries seriously along with the issues regarding seed farming and caring for seedlings, and we also need to develop the network of selection centers. It is the only way for us to preserve forest as national wealth of Russia. Tatarstan demonstrated real solution of this problem”.