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Mezen Upper Reaches: Has Ceased Amateur Fishery Improved Situation?

This round table was held in Koslan’s district administration on 17 November. The local Council deputies, local members of the project work group, volunteers of the Komi Voytyr interregional public movement, representatives of the district administration, AgroUdora cooperative, OOO Ozherelye Udora, Udora department of Komi branch of the Federal Fishery Agency, Upper Mezen district forestry, […]

Joint Regional Actions Required to Preserve Mezen Salmon

A regular meeting of the Work Group focused on development of the target interregional program for salmon preservation and reproduction in the Mezen and formed three years ago under the support of the regional government has been held again. Although the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Komi Republic hosted the first interregional meeting […]

Training Courses for Logging Operators

More than 120 logging operators from Mondi Syktyvkar and its contracting organizations took part in the field courses on the subject «Planning and organization of loggings according to the requirements of the Russian National FSC standard – ecological and silvicultural aspects» carried out by Silver Taiga Foundation.

Syktyvkar Forest Institute Freshmen Walk Model Forest Routes

Silver Taiga representatives Alexander Borovlyov and Nikolay Shilov spent the last two weeks of September showing demonstration routes of Komi Model Forest to the first-year students of Syktyvkar Forest Institute. The joint initiative of the Foundation and Syktyvkar Forest Institute has been implemented for the fifth year in a row and is still relevant. Each […]

International Forest School in Komi

Komi hosted the International Forest Summer School course initiated by Syktyvkar Forest Institute and conducted with the support of the partners – Mondi Syktyvkar and Silver Taiga – from 5 to 10 September. International students join Syktyvkar Forest Institute students for this annual course.

Developing Cooperation Is a Win-Win Solution for Both Districts

A group of Udora residents interested in rural tourism development in own district visited some villages along the Pinega river in Pinega district of the adjacent Arkhangelsk region, where rural area development has long been associated with the local initiatives support and rural tourism promotion.