During the last meeting of Silver Taiga Coordination Council held on February, 28 the members of the Council reviewed and approved Silver Taiga Reports for the last year and Plans for 2017.

The Coordination Council manages the activity of the Foundation and ensures the compliance by the Foundation with the purposes in the interests of which the Foundation was created. The meetings of the Coordination Council are held twice a year. The objective of the February meeting was to discuss and approve the detailed report of the Foundation for 2016 and plans of activity for 2017.

The Coordination Council members have noticed the visible progress in implementation of the Foundation’s objectives and first of all of the High Conservation Value Forests Project (HCVF), the main project of the Foundation as well as the important role of Silver Taiga in sustainable forest management promotion not only in Komi but all over Russia.

In particular, the training courses on landscape-ecological forest use planning developed and conducted by Silver Taiga specialists were highly appreciated. The use of quadcopters during preparation of the courses was also approved by the Coordination Council. The pictures of the logging areas were taken at a height with the help of quadcopters and the participants of the courses, harvester and forwarder operators, at the first time could sum up the situation on the logging area, see the landscape, understand the results of their activity and take it into consideration during planning and conducting of loggings (see the pictures below).

The Coordination Council members suggested to make a training film about the importance of the landscape peculiarities considerations during forest use.

As for the Model River Mezen Project the Coordination Council members suggested to take into account the necessity of the control strengthening over poaching and illegal fishing before aiming the project efforts at an artificial reproduction of Mezen salmon or planting the Mezen River and its tributaries by the local fish population.

Besides, it was suggested to support Komi Model Forest Project and to develop contacts with the International Model Forest Network in spite of the fact that the project has no financing since 2008. According to the Coordination Council members, such cooperation form as Model Forest is very productive in meeting the Foundation’s objectives – sustainable development promotion and has a potential for the forest areas development.

To discuss and approve the annual reports and plans by the Coordination Council is necessary according to Silver Taiga Charter as well as publication of the Reports and Plans on the website of the Foundation.

Seed pines left for the natural forest regeneration during logging

Key biotope along the stream source left during logging

Water protection area and a seed block along the bog left during logging

Steering Committee of the High Conservation Value Forest project implemented by the Silver Taiga Foundation since 2008 held its annual meeting.

The objectives of the first stages of the project were search and introduction of compromise solutions to preserve and sustainably manage intact forest massifs in the Komi Republic and adjacent regions. Bit by bit, other sections were added to the core activity, they include Ecosystem and Landscape Background for Forestry and FSC Planning, Fishery Resource Management with Local Population: Model River Mezen, Evaluation of the Long-Term Impact of Forestry (Logging) on Water Resources…

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The first round table meeting under the cooperation between the Silver Taiga Foundation and World Wildlife Fund targeted to public involvement into environmental management and control of natural resources has been held this year. The event was attended by community representatives and NGOs of Komi and Arkhangelsk regions and arranged at the Finno-Ugric Ethnic Park in Yb village.

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