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We have much to Learn from our Neighbors

Representatives of Forest Village project from Ust-Kulom and Priluzje regions have visited the neighbouring Lensky region of the Arkhangelsk oblast, where they practically got acquainted with the operation of the rural TPSAs – territorial public self-administration bodies. For the first time participants of the Forest Village project learned about the territorial public self-administration actively developing […]

Rural tourism: Proposals, Problems, First Experience

About thirty participants from different regions of the Komi Republic took part in the workshop “Rural tourism and territory development: proposals, problems, and the first experience”, which was held on the 18th of March in Syktyvkar. The workshop was organized by Silver Taiga Foundation jointly with the regional public movement “Indigenous women of the Komi Republic” […]

About Forest Certification – For Practitioners

Three workshops on the topic “Introduction to the voluntary forest certification” have been conducted in January – February by the specialists of Silver Taiga Foundation for managers and engineers of the enterprises – certification groups’ members on the territory of Sysola and Kazhim forestry units, and also for the employees of the forestry units involved […]

Model River Project Starts its Operation

On the 25th of January the meeting of Model River Project Working group took place. This meeting actually marked the start-up of the project. The main objective of the project is to show how to implement sustainable management of fish resources on the example of the river Mezen. The project plan for 3 years as […]