Forest Policy for Modern Russia №4 (56), 2018

Forest Policy for Modern Russia 

On Development of Voluntary Forest Certification Schemes and Priorities of the Russian Federation

Protect the Last of the Wild

Watson JEM, Venter O, Lee J, Jones KR, Robinson JG, Possingham HP, Allan JR.

Results of Protective Forest Belts Inventory in the Republic of Adygea

E. Cherkasova, K. Kobyakov, WWF Russia; D. Lipilin, the Kuban State University

Protective Forest Belts: Current Condition and Legal Status at an Example of the Republic of Adygea

M. Sergeeva, Center for Environmental Planning, Certification and Audit

On Importance of Clear legal Status of Forests on Agricultural Lands: joint Position Paper by WWF Russia and Greenpeace

New Law on Protective Forests: Possible Negative Consequences

K. Kobyakov, N. Shmatkov, C. Tugova, WWF Russia

Forest and Climate

Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks

S. Luyssaert, E. D. Schulze, A. Borner, A. Knohl, D. Hessenmoller, B. E. Law, P. Ciais, J. Grace

Business and Sustainable Forest Management

Interview with Participants of the Field Workshop on “New Approaches to Intensive Forest Management and practical Implementation with Legal Considerations”

Results and Recommendations of the Boreal Forest Platform’s Workshop on “New Approaches to Intensive Forest Management and practical Implementation with Legal Considerations”

To Be Remembered

Alexander Korolev (1889 – 1976)

V. Teplyakov