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In October – November 2010 the representatives of Silver Taiga Foundation have gathered field materials on the territory of Komi Model Forest for the «Ecosystem and landscape background of forestry and FSC certification planning» project under cooperation with European Space Agency (ESA), Mondi Group and FSC International.
In the category “Publications” (under “Docs and Publications”) you can find the PDF file of the brochure “Local Self-Government in Komi: An Outward Glance” (in Russian).
The research work of an expedition of pupils, which was organized in the village Spasporub within the framework of the project “Forest village”, is finished at the end of this week. Senior pupils from two schools – Obyachevo and Spasporub – participated in the expedition with their teachers M.H.Nizovtseva, N.P.Miheyeva and M.V.Startseva. During ten days […]
Can logging companies participate in preserving of biological diversity? Yes, they can, and they must. Unfortunately, they are not always ready for it. That is why one of the current objectives of Silver Taiga Foundation is to work out methodological recommendations for saving biological diversity during logging as a part of the project “High conservation […]
Another educational workshop devoted to rural tourism (the second workshop this year) was held within the framework of the “Forest Village” project in Udora region in June. The first two-day workshop on the topic “Rural Tourism as a Branch of Economics Sustainability” was held in February. The discussion was held by the owners of guest […]
During the last week of June, Silver Taiga team visited the Pechora-Ilychski Natural Reserve. This trip was part of the study course “Landscape-ecological Peculiarities of Pristine Taiga Forest” organized specifically for Silver Taiga staff. It was conducted by Yury Pautov, forest policy coordinator of Silver Taiga Foundation.
During a fortnight of 8-20 June, Silver Taiga Foundation organized an expedition to Pyssa pristine forests massif, which is situated on the border of Udora district (Komi Republic) and Leshukonskoye district (Arkhangelsk region). Pyssa pristine forests massif is one of the last large low-disturbed forest territories in the European part of Russia which was marked […]
The Forests Dialogue “Virgin forests of the Komi Republic: alternatives to extensive forest exploitation” was held on 12 and 13 April at the initiative of the Silver Taiga Foundation in Syktyvkar.
Many people heard about Komi Model forest, because it was a long-term project, and it has been rather successful. What is Komi Model forest like today? What are its current perspectives? We held an interview with Yury Pautov, the deputy director of Silver Taiga Foundation.
Public version of the documents of Koigorodok forestry unit can be found among other official documents in the Russian version. There are “Plan of forest management of Koigorodok forestry unit” and “Summary of monitoring results of the forest, forest production, forestry and its social and ecological consequences of Koigorodok forestry unit for 2009”.