YURY PAUTOV HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE COORINATION COUNCIL OF FSC-CERTIFICATION NATIONAL WORKING GROUP

The newly elected members of the Coordination Council of the Voluntary Forest Certification National Working Group chose Silver Taiga Director Yury Pautov as a Chairman of the Council on 4 April in Moscow.

Yury Pautov has been dealing with the voluntary certification issues since 1997 under Komi Model Forest project (Priluzje district of Komi) and in 2003 Priluzje forestry unit was prepared to the certification. In 2017 Silver Taiga Foundation directed by Yury Pautov became the FSC International member.

The Republic of Komi is one of the leading regions on voluntary forest certification development. It should be noted that all interested parties – forestry service, logging companies, NGOs, local population, etc. support the development of the certification in Komi.

Besides the election of the Coordination Council, its Chairman and FSC Russia director (Nikolay Shmatkov – currently the Forestry Program Director of WWF Russia) 15 round table meetings were organized to deal with the hottest topics of the voluntary forest certification during the conference held on 3-5 April.

Nikolay Shmatkov

National Working Group (NWG) of Voluntary Forest Certification presents the International Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Russia and contributes to the development of the forest certification in Russia according to the international standards. It includes about 90 members representing forest business, NGOs, science, etc. The NWG is divided into ecological, economic and social chambers. The supreme body of the NWG is the conference (meeting). The Coordination Council fulfils a function of the supreme body in between the conferences (meetings).