Developing sustainable forest management in North-West Russia

• Main Authors: Elbakidze, Marine, Angelstam, Per, Axelsson, Robert
• Format: Report
• Language: Swedish; English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Forestry; Murmansk; North-West Russia
• Online Access: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3602/; https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3602/1/FF07-03.pdf; https://arbetsplats.slu.se/sites/sfak/faculty_doc/Delade%20dokument/fakta_skog/FF07-03.pdf

• The Russian Federation is part of the Montreal process supporting the development of sustainable forest management (SFM). • The SFM concept encompasses ecological, economic and socio-cultural dimensions, all of which should be balanced and meet agreed standards. • We compare implementation concepts aiming at sustainable landscapes, such as Model Forest and Biosphere Reserve, with regular approaches for forest landscape management. • Since the mid 1990’s several international and national SFM implementation projects have been initiated in the Russian Federation. • Our case studies in the North-West Russian Federation are Komi Model Forest in the Komi Republic, Pskov Model Forest in the Pskov region and Kovdozersky Model Forest in the Murmansk region. • Learning from practical experiences supports the production of applied knowledge needed to implement sustainable forest landscape policies.