Almas Nazirov took part in the Volga Region Forest Forum

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.