ΧΙΧ St. Petersburg International Forestry Forum took place on 3-4 October 2017 in St. Petersburg, in which more than 600 specialists participated from many countries of the world: China, Russia, Italy, Finland, Japan and other countries. Vasilyev I.A. — Director, Stepchenko A.A. — Deputy Director, T.S. Koroleva — the Scientific Secretary, B.D. Romanyuk — Head of the Research Society of Forest Management and forest regulation, О.I.