Some More Forest Villages Have Joined the Project

Before 2009 there were 7 pilot settlements in Forest Village Project. Not long ago two more villages have joined the project. They are Priuralsk village situated in the foothills of subpolar Ural (Pechora region) and an old Komi village Turja on the west of the Komi Republic (Knyazhpogost region).

An interview with local people should be done in case the village joins the project. Interview’s data will help to identify the real socio-economic situation of the village. In the end of March 2009 Silver Taiga representatives went to Priuralsk village to make an interview.

The evaluation of natural resources, economic and human potential of the village will be done on the basis of the interview. Then new possible ways of further development of the village will be found together with the local population during the meetings. It should be mentioned that there are activists in the villages ready to contribute to the development of their villages. 40 households were asked in Priuralsk village including 2 farmers.

In 2008 such interviews were done in 7 pilot project villages: Kazhim, Puzla, Chernysh, Verkholuzje, Spasporub, Bolshaja Pyssa and Byzovaja. The result of these interviews is the analytical report of the representatives of Institute of Socio-Economic and Energetic Problems of the North of the Russian Academy of Science. The given report will be the base of further project activities. Silver Taiga representatives are going to make an interview in Turja village in May 2009.