Russia
Sources of information and contacts in Russia's forestry sector
CONTENT UNDER REVISION
sources of Information
Studies and documents
- FAO (2012) The Russian Federation Forest Sector – Outlook study to 2030
- FAO (2015) Global Forest Resources Assessment
- FSC - Stakeholder consultation of the FSC Centralized National Risk Assessment (CNRA)
- FSC - Facts & Figures
- FAO (2015) Global Forest Resources Assessment
- Ministry of natural resources of the Russian Federation
- OOPT (2019) Website on protected areas in Russia
- WWF (2010) VLO Checklist
- WWF Russia - Magazines on sustainable forest management (in Russian)
- WWF (2007) The Russian-Chinese timber trade: Export, Supply chains, Consumption, and Illegal logging
- WWF (2009) National Protected Areas of the Russian Federation
Websites
- Forests Forward - WWF
- WWF Russia
- FAOSTAT
- FEDSTAT
- Fordaq (timber trade network)
- FSC Russia
- World Port Source - Map of ports in Russia with container liner service.
- The Red Forest
- Transparent world
- Russian Government (2020) Statistics
- ITC (International Trade Centre), calculations based on UN Comtrade statistics
ALL Contacts
FEDERAL FORESTRY AGENCY (FFA) - ROSLESHOZ
The FFA (Rosleskhoz) is a federal organ of executive power, performing functions of:
- Developing and implementing state policy and legal-normative regulation;
- Controlling and supervising;
- Providing state services and managing state property
MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECOLOGY - MINPRIRODY
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Minprirody) is a federal executive authority performing functions of public policy making and statutory regulation in the field of natural resource management and ecology. It coordinates and supervises the work of several related agencies, one of them being the FFA.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - MINPROMTORG
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) is a federal executive body responsible for drafting and implementing government policy and legal regulation in the industrial sector, including in the forestry sector.
RUSSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SILVICULTURE AND MECHANIZATION - VNIILM
The Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry (VNIILM) was founded in 1934 under a resolution of the USSR government. It is a federal state institution leading in forestry. The Institute aims to provide research and development for regulatory, normative and technical aspects of forest management and forest use, conservation, protection and regeneration.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (CCI OF RUSSIA)
Bldg. 1, 6/1, Ilyinka St., Moscow, 109012
tpprf.ru/en/
The Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) is a member of the global network of national CCIs.
WWF RUSSIA
109240 Moscow, Nikoloyamskaya St.19, building 3
wwf.ru
WWF is a global and one of the largest non-governmental nature conservation organizations in the world. WWF began its work in Russia in 1988. WWF currently runs The Forest Programme – with the aim of conserving the biological diversity of Russian forests by adoption of systems that support their sustainable management and protection.