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Foundation for Sustainable Development «Silver Taiga» was founded in 2002 on the basis of Syktyvkar Branch of WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature). The main goal of the Foundation is the promotion of sustainable management of the forest landscapes and renewable natural resources in the Komi Republic and other regions of the Russian Federation.

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AGAINST THE SNOW BREAKER IS NO RECEPTION

11.03.2020

Silver Taiga Foundation launches a new subproject "Adaptation to climate change as part of the implementation of the Natural capital Protocol. Assessment of changes in carbon stocks for different forest management scenarios" which was approved by The Steering Committee of the project “High Conservation Value Forests”. It will contains recommendations for forest users on adaptation to climate changes.

THE "GOLDEN RUNE" SHOULDN'T STAY HIDDEN ANY MORE

05.03.2020

Local community of the Pozheg village in the Ust-Kulomsky district has decided not to burn tons of sheep wool anymore, but to start generate at least some income from it. A knitting studio should be created in the village.

CHANGES IN THE COORDINATION COUNCIL

28.12.2019

During the last meeting of Silver Taiga Coordination Council held on November, 21 the members of the Council satisfied the statement of Przemyslaw Majewski about his withdrawal from the Coordination Council.

Pupils of the Koslan Secondary School support to preserve the salmon population

03.12.2019

2019 has been declared the International Year of Salmon by the community of scientists and ecologists. The Association of Interests “We” from the Usogorsk Children Activity Center responded to the call to highlight the need to preserve the salmon population.

How to preserve biodiversity when planning and organizing forest management?

29.11.2019

It was discussed during the Republic-wide Final Foresters Meeting 2019, which took place on November 28 at the Syktyvkar Forest Institute. Director of the Foundation Yuriy Pautov and Forestry Coordinator Nikolay Shuktomov told about biodiversity conservation measures in timber harvesting.

Mezen fishers are ready to share their experience with Vychegda fishers

21.11.2019

Nikolai Shilov, Model River Mezen project Coordinator of the Silver Taiga Foundation, has told about it at the Round Table “Rural Areas Development”. The discussion held in the village of Ust-Kulom on November 19, 2019 in the frame of the reporting and election conference of the Ust-Kulomsky office of the interregional social movement Komi Voityr (Komi People).