‘Forests of Russia: Politics, Industry, Science, and Education’ Russian Scientific and Technical Conference
Key themes of the conference:
- Forest policy, economics, and management
- Current issues in forest surveying, forest management planning, sustainable forest management, and the use of remote sensing methods and GIS technologies in forestry
- Current issues with the utilization, restoration, conservation, and protection of forests
- New technologies for processing woody biomass and secondary raw materials
- Botanical gardens: science, education, and culture
- Dendrology, geobotany, and plant ecology (dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Ilya Blyumental)
- Soil as the foundation for the resilience of forest ecosystems in a changing climate
- Machinery, technologies, equipment, and engineering structures in the forestry sector
- Wood science and wood processing technologies and equipment
- Forest genetics and biotechnology
Key speakers included: First Deputy Minister of Forestry, Environmental Protection, Wildlife, and Natural Resources of the Primorsky Territory Yevgeny Chuvasov; St. Petersburg Forestry Research Institute Director Artyom Konstantinov; Director of the Research Institute for Innovative Technologies and the Forestry Industry at Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies Yulia Stepanova; Expert and Honoured Forester of the Russian Federation Vladimir Arkhipov; and General Director of the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia Timur Irtuganov.
The conference was attended by more than 300 scientists and specialists, featured 111 presentations, and concluded with a collection of conference proceedings:
Conference photo album: