Russian Technology Platform «FORESTRY»
for integration with 7-th Framework Programme of EC

Forest is the largest biome and a single country in Northern Eurasia – Russia – holds 22 % of global and 38 % of the Eurasian forest resources (FAO 2001). Area of the Russian forests is about 851 million ha. Russian boreal and temperate forests amount altogether to about 50% of global boreal and temperate forests. Wood volume in forests is about 89 billion m3 (105 m3/ha) (FAO 2005).Russian forest accounts for 30 % of raw materials in the world market. Russia also holds 26 % of the world’s pristine forests. The Russian forests play an important role in the global climate system: they are a gigantic oxygen factory, a global reservoir of the organic matter, and a powerful regulator of energy fluxes and the water cycle. Forests are a biotope for wild animals and a natural habitat environment for indigenous populations. It is difficult to overestimate the role of forests as a source for many goods of vital importance for human society. In the long run, it will not be economically justifiable to manufacture other than higher value-added products.

FTP activity

1. June 2006, 1st European and Russian FTP meeting, St-Petersburg – activity starting;
2. National Supporting Group (NSG) organization in 2008;
3. National Research Agenda (NRA);
4. FTP database (organizations, people, project proposals and etc., since June 2006 up to now);
5. European and Russian FTP’s meetings: 2nd meeting- October 10, 2006, St-Petersburg;
6. 3rd meeting – February 23, 2007, Moscow; 4th meeting- Hannover, May 15 2007.
7. Moscow December 2007, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, May 2008

NRA objectives: