Once again, the international St. Petersburg Forestry Forum brought together entrepreneurs, experts, politicians and professionals in the forest industry, including representatives of the TOP 100 companies in Russia and foreign countries.

More than 50 experts took part in the events of the business program. Among the speakers were representatives of SPbFRI.

Among the officials, the Director of the St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute P.A. Rychenkov.

During the plenary session “The state of the domestic timber industry complex and the necessary measures for its development”, Deputy Director of St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute A.A. Stepchenko, who outlined the trend of transition of the organization of forestry to an intensive development model.

In an open conversation on the topic: "State regulation of timber turnover in 2022 - 2025." Deputy Director N.A. Petrunin with the report "Analysis of the resource and investment potential of the Russian forest complex in the context of economic sanctions."

Among the experts of the session "Climate Agenda for Forest Users" was Deputy Director for science A.V. Konstantinov, who presented “Approaches to the validation of climate projects in the field of forest relations”.

On the second day of the forum, the conference "Forestry" was held, moderated by the Deputy Director of SPbFRI A.A. Stepchenko.

Most of the experts invited to the conference were scientists from the St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, who presented the most pressing issues of the development of the timber industry for discussion.

Deputy director N.A. Petrunin was devoted to the analysis of the resource and investment potential of the Russian forest complex in the context of economic sanctions.

Of great interest was the speech of the head of the Research and Development Department of Forest Management and Forest Inventory, B.D. Romanyuk, who analyzed the results of the introduction of the model of intensive use and reproduction of forests in Russia and the factors constraining it. And this is no coincidence because SPbFRI has more than 20 years of experience in developing standards, technologies, economic approaches for implementing the model of intensive use, and reproduction of forests in Russia.

Another of the main activities of SPbFRI was devoted to the speech of the conference moderator, Deputy Director of the Research Institute A.A. Stepchenko - "Design and operation of greenhouse complexes in the conditions of sanctions".

In total, eight representatives of the St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute took part in the work of the XXIV St. Petersburg Forestry Forum as experts and listeners.

More than 600 participants from 70 regions of Russia gathered in the international forum "Forests of Russia" held in Krasnoyarsk. It was dedicated to the implementation of the federal project "Preservation of forests" of the national project "Ecology".

The St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute was represented at the forum by the director of the institute, P.A. Rychenkov, A.G. Tretyakov, A.A. Stepchenko, and deputy scientific director A.V. Konstantinov.

The forum has become a platform for dialog and solving many important issues in the forest industry, including in forest impact on climate. This topic was the topic of the round table discussion “The contribution of forests to the modern climate agenda. Forest climate projects. Norms, conditions, prospects for implementation and results of climate projects”. Deputy director of SPbFRI for science A.V. Konstantinov made a presentation "Approaches to the validation of climate projects in the field of forest relations".

Representatives of SPbFRI also took part in other events of the Forests of Russia forum, visited the specialized exhibition of forestry equipment Expodrev - 2022.

Head of the research laboratory of SPbFRI G.V. Kalko, at the invitation of the Organizing Committee, spoke at the VII International Meeting "Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources" with a remote report "Does heavy metal pollution affect the genetic diversity of Norway spruce?"

The meeting is the seventh in a series of international scientific meetings previously held under the auspices of IUFRO. This year it was held on the basis of the All-Russian Research Institute of Forestry and Forestry Mechanization (Pushkino, Moscow Region) in a full-time and part-time format.

The participants of the meeting presented the results of research from more than 30 scientific, educational and industrial institutions from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus. A total of 55 reports were considered.

Leading research workers of SPbFRI A.S. Bondarenko and D.A. Shabunin also took part in the meeting as listeners.

Representatives of the St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute took part in an international conference on adaptation to climate change in the Arctic.

Fulfilling its obligations within the framework of the Arctic Council, the Russian Federation held a conference in St. Petersburg dedicated to the issues of adaptation to a changing climate, the search for effective measures and best practices for various sectors of the economy and the strengthening of international cooperation in this direction.

Specialists from Russia, countries near and far abroad, as well as representatives of scientific and non-governmental organizations were invited to the conference. From the St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, junior researchers took part in the forum: I.S. Nedbaev, E.I. Semyonov and A.O. Magpie.

As part of the session “Adaptation of key sectors of the economy to climate change” I.S. Nedbaev made a presentation "Adaptation of forestry to climate change: the Arctic zone", which described the main risks for forestry caused by climate change, provided examples of activities aimed at adapting forests to climate change, adaptation measures in four Arctic regions of our country: Murmansk region, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Representatives of the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Forestry took part in the conference "Issues of preparing plans for adapting the subjects of the Russian Federation to climate change, including plans for the decarbonization of sectors of the economy", which was held as part of the largest congress and exhibition event in the North-West in the field of environmental protection and rational nature management - XXI International Forum "Ecology of the Big City".

Junior Researcher at the Research and Development Department for Monitoring Forest Ecosystems I.S. Nedbaev made a presentation "Scientific and methodological support for the implementation by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of measures to adapt forestry to climate change"

Representatives of SPbFRI, as part of the delegation of The Federal Forestry Agency, took part in the first meeting of the Working Group on the Forestry Sector of the Council of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (BEAC) chaired by Finland, which was held in the format of a video conference.

The scientists of the institute prepared their proposals for the report on the topic “Forestry management taking into account climate change. Experience and Approaches of Russia”, which reflected, in particular, the climate component of the forest policy of the Russian Federation and the practical experience of adapting forestry activities to climate change.

The agenda of the international cooperation event included issues on the exchange of experience between the BEAC countries on forest management in the context of climate change, as well as initiatives to develop scientific cooperation between specialized research centers of the BEAC member countries

Junior Researcher at the Research and Development Department for Monitoring Forest Ecosystems I.S. Nedbaev made a presentation "Geoecological assessment of the impact of phosphate fertilizer production on taiga soils" at the I Annual International Scientific and Practical Conference "Fundamental and Applied Problems of Geology and Geophysics in the System of Modern Natural Science Knowledge" (GEoS 2022), which was held on the basis of the Russian State Geological Prospecting University Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Moscow) in a remote format.

The purpose of the conference is to generalize theoretical and empirical experience in the field of studying fundamental and applied problems of geology and geophysics in the system of modern natural science knowledge, to create conditions for the development of cooperation between Russian and foreign scientists, representatives of leading scientific schools, scientific and technical community, exchange of opinions and results research activities.

The conference is organized by the Association for the Support of Scientific Research (Barnaul, Russia), Russian State Geological Prospecting University named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Moscow, Russia) and the University of Geological Sciences (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).

Representatives of SPbFRI took part in the International Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Boreal Forests, which was held in the format of a video conference.

The discussion touched upon the formation of the international agenda on the importance of conserving, studying, and managing boreal forests, especially in changing climatic conditions. As one of the future forms of work, experts have chosen webinars, which will discuss the most pressing issues in the boreal forest sector.

Information reports prepared by Russian scientists on the definition of boreal forests and their relationship with climate change were highly appreciated by foreign experts. A review of the IBFRA insight project was also carried out.