Reforming Forest Policies and Management in Russia: Problems and Challenges

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Evgeny A. Shvarts, Mikhail L. Karpachevskiy, Nikolay M. Shmatkov, Anastasia S. Baybar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: intensive and extensive forestry; spatial demarginalization of the Russian forest complex; intact primary forests; secondary forests; reforestation and afforestation; forest management intensity; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Greenfield; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f14081524; https://doaj.org/article/9764115c84fe429fa1f38d6aeaecaece

The future development of forest industries in Russia, besides the country’s geopolitical issues, could be seriously undermined by the depletion of forest resources available under the current model of forest management that mainly relies on clearcutting mature coniferous forests and leaving these a...