FOREST MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OF KOMI HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN SKOLKOVO
Silver Taiga Director Yury Pautov reported before the future Russian leaders in the field of bioeconomics and sustainable forest management in Moscow management school SKOLKOVO during the forum «Sustainable forest management in Russia: importance for the companies at present time and in the future». Yury Pautov’s presentation was devoted to the experience of Komi Model Forest project under FSC-certification implementation in Komi. The forum was held on October 15-19, 2018.
SKOLKOVO – widely known scientific and innovation center, a platform for new management solutions including forest management. About 35 young forestry leaders from different regions of Russia including Komi participated in the forum. Besides Yury Pautov there reported the representative of the Ministry of Industry of Komi Andrey Krivoshein. He spoke about the bioeconomics development in the region.
The audience
Sustainable forest management is the balance of economical, ecological and social interests of different forest stakeholders. That is why the Silver Taiga presentation based on the results of Komi Model Forest project, which aim was a practical implementation of international sustainable forest management principals by the example of a typical Russian forest management and taiga landscape unit – Priluzje forestry unit with the area of 800 ha. The special attention Yury Pautov paid to the social interests of local communities during planning and organization of forest use on local, municipal, regional and national levels. He gave the concrete examples showing how it is difficult to achieve a harmonious development of the forest area without this social component.
The speakers of the forum
According to Yury Pautov the audience was most of all interested in such issues as recording and finding of mushrooms and berries sites for the local population during forestry planning and activity, consideration of the interests of rare but very active groups of hunters and fishermen. The experience of Silver Taiga Foundation and cooperating organizations in conflict management during forest use attracted the participants’ attention as well. The audience also agreed that the forestry and environmental legislation concerning the local population interests should be improved. Surely, the social issues of a voluntary forest certification were discussed among the others.
Photo by Yury Pautov
