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March 16, 2007
 NEW
FOREST CODE ON FOREST CLUB’S AGENDA
“It
is important that the Pskov Model Forest Project has established
a system of open public access to information on forest resources
management”, said Valery Nikin, deputy head of the Administration
of Strugo-Krasnensky District in Pskov Oblast, during a heated
discussion of local implications associated with coming into
force of the new Forest Code of the Russian Federation.
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March 16, 2007
PSKOV
MODEL FOREST PROJECT PUBLISHED A TEXTBOOK
ON SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
On February 15, the Pskov Model Forest Project organized a presentation
of a textbook on fundamentals of sustainable forest management
in the Old Administrative Chamber of the Pskov Kremlin. The
book was produced within the framework of the project’s
educational component and is intended for secondary school students
from grades 8 through 10.
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September 5, 2006
WWF RUSSIA GOES CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THE NEW DRAFT OF THE FOREST
CODE
In September 2006, a draft of the principal law regulating relations
in Russia’s forest sector will be submitted for the second
reading by the State Duma. According to WWF Russia, the new
draft of the Forest Code is absolutely unacceptable since it
does not take into account interests of society, business, and
nature. On September 5, at a press conference in Moscow WWF
called on citizens of Russia to participate in a national campaign
against adoption of the current version of the Forest Code.
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October 13, 2005
DISCUSSIONS
IN THE PSKOV MODEL FOREST PROCEED
Among 60 forest specialists who visited the Pskov Model Forest
on October 10, 2005, there were directors, chief foresters and
forest engineers from 22 agricultural leskhozes of Pskov Oblast.
Besides, the touring group also included Mikhail Zenkov, head
of Pskov Oblast Committee for Nature Use, and Nikolai Buriy,
head of the state enterprise “Pskovprirodresursi”
(Pskov Nature Resources).
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May 30, 2005
TETRA
PAK VISITORS IN PSKOV MODEL FOREST
At the end of May the Pskov Model Forest was visited by an international
group representing Tetra Pak, a global leader in processing
and packaging of liquid foods, and Stora Enso, an integrated
paper, packaging and forest products company.
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May 23, 2005
PUBLIC
INVOLVEMENT IN FOREST PLANNING
A group of researchers and educators from North America visited
the Pskov Model Forest area on May 15 and 16. The study tour
was organized by the Center for Independent Social Research
and Yale Program on Forest Certification within the framework
of the initiative aiming to foster forest certification process
in Russia and North America.
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March 28, 2005
PSKOV
REGION SAYS “YES!” TO SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
On March 25th, the Pskov Model Forest Project organized
a presentation of its findings and practical outcomes for forest
administrators, businessmen, forest specialists and journalists.
The presentation took place in the headquarters of the Administration
of Pskov Oblast.
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March 24, 2005
ON
THE WAY TOWARDS NEW PHASE
On March 22 the Pskov Model Forest Project organized a press
conference for Northwest-Russian mass media, which took place
in the Regional Institute of Press in Petersburg. The press
conference was held under the motto “Transforming the
Russian Forest Sector: Sustainable Technologies of the Pskov
Model Forest”.
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March 17, 2005
SETTING
UP PRIORITIES…
On April 1, 2005, the Pskov Model Forest is starting its second
phase, which is going to address dissemination of sustainable
and more intensive forest management in Northwest Russia, –
this decision was taken by the project’s Advisory Board
at the meeting in Petersburg on March 3–4.
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March 15, 2005
PSKOV
MODEL FOREST: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW…
On February 19, the Pskov Model Project invited local community
to a regular meeting of the Forest Club, which incorporates
environmentally concerned community members residing on the
model territory. This informal public forum was attended by
specialists from forest management units, self-government bodies,
and administration, educators and other interested individuals.
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March 13, 2005
ECOMIR
DIPLOMA AWARDED TO PSKOV MODEL FOREST
The jury of the National Ecological Contest “EcoMir”
(“EcoWorld”) awarded a diploma to the Pskov Model
Forest Project in the nomination “Environmental Education”
for a school course on fundamentals of rational forest use.
The official ceremony took place on February 18th
in the headquarters of the Administration of Pskov Oblast.
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June 18, 2004
THE PSKOV PROJECT LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS
A group of environmental managers from Stora Enso visited the
Pskov Model Forest on June 8th. Specialists in environmental
communication from Russia, Finland, Sweden and the Baltic States
got acquainted with approaches to sustainable forestry developed
within the framework of the Pskov Project, which is implemented
with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency (Sida), Stora Enso and WWF Germany.
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April 6, 2004
2004 VISITING SEASON HAS STARTED IN PSKOV MODEL FOREST
On April 1, the first group of specialists visited the model
forest area in Pskov Oblast. The group included Karin Wessman
from WWF Sweden, Christian Thompson from WWF Great Britain and
Roger Olsson, a Swedish journalist. Visit to the Pskov model
forest area was part of their five-day tour of Northwest Russia,
which aimed to provide up-to-date information about the situation
in the forest sector of the region.
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October 31, 2003
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION COMES TO PSKOV FORESTS
“Deputy minister of natural
resources Valery Roshchupkin recommended us to apply the outcomes
of the Pskov Model Forest Project in the forest management practice
on the territory of Pskov Oblast. In cooperation with the project
we are ready to start work on elaborating region-specific regulations
for the whole territory of Pskov Oblast,” announced Mikhail
Astafurov, deputy head of the Pskov Regional Department of Natural
Resources, at the Steering Committee meeting of the Pskov Project
held on October 16 in Petersburg.
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October 2, 2003
SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA’S FORESTS TODAY!
On September 30 and October 1, 2003, the city of Pskov welcomed
members of the Coordination Council that aims at interaction
between the Federal Forest Service and the national forest sector.
The Council members discussed questions related to independent
certification in the Russian Federation and the experience of
forest management certification in the Pskov Model Forest.
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July 1, 2003
ON PSKOV NATURE TRAIL
At the end of June the Pskov Model Forest Project in cooperation
with the Regional Committee for Foreign Affairs and Tourism
organized a presentation of the project’s nature trail
set up on the model territory in Pskov Oblast.
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June 30, 2003
ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT FOREST BUSINESS
In June specialists from “Progress” Company visited
the Pskov Model Forest to familiarize themselves with the outcomes
of the project in developing a model of sustainable forest management.
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June 24, 2003
INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION
“We need to disseminate the experience of the Pskov Model
Forest Project in providing information support and public involvement”,
concluded the participants of the WWF workshop on communication
strategy that was held in Pskov at the end of May 2003.
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June 16, 2003
SOUNDS OF NATURE FROM PSKOV REGION
“We have come to Pskov Oblast to enjoy silence and to
listen to the bird song”, said H.-G. Karlsson from Avifauna
Travel Agency during the first birdwatching tour in Northwest
Russia held at the end of May. The pilot tour was organized
in the framework of the new WWF project for promoting birdwatching
as a form of ecological tourism.
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April 21, 2003
WOOD WASTE AS ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL FUEL
April 16 and 17, 2003, representatives of the Pskov Model Forest
took part in the international conference and workshop “Bioenergy
Development in Russia – Strategy and Policy” held
in Pushkino, Leningrad Oblast.
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April 15, 2003
ANTICIPATING CHANGE
April 7th through 12th, 2003, representatives
of the regional administration and forest specialists from Pskov
and St. Petersburg took part in a study tour to Estonia and
Sweden. The tour was organized in the framework of the Pskov
Model Forest Project.
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April 4, 2003
FSC CERTIFICATION ARRIVES IN NORTHWEST RUSSIA
“Forest management model developed within the framework
of the Pskov Model Forest Project meets the Principles and Criteria
of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)”, announced in
their preliminary conclusion independent auditors.
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December 19, 2002
WHAT IS THE COST OF TIMBER?
December 2 through 14, 2002, Sture Carlsson of Nordfor Training&Consulting,
Sweden, worked in the Pskov Model Forest Project sharing his
extensive expertise in forestry with his Russian colleagues.
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November 12, 2002
ON THE WAY TO INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION
In October the Pskov Project's partner STF-Strug logging company
took part in the first phase of independent certification under
FSC Principles and Criteria. STF-Strug, a daughter company of
the Stora Enso group in Russia, is a polygon where new methods
of sustainable forestry have been tested within the framework
of the Pskov Model Forest Project.
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October 10, 2002
BIRDS
FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
The World Wide Fund for Nature in Russia has recently started
a project that aims to promote ecological tourism on the
territory of the Pskov Region in Northwest Russia. Two pilot
bird-watching tours have been planned within the framework
of the project to explore the recreational potential of
the region.
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