Forest regeneration

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Forest regeneration

JSC “Kralesinvest” has a strict policy on sustainable forest management.
Certification
The company conducts a sustainable forest management, the maintenance of forest stock, through the
establishment of forest crops, care for the forest plantations, promoting natural regeneration
environmentally friendly forest harvesting and planting seeds in the territory.
The company is certified according to the PEFC standard for forest management and the chain of forest
products supply. The certificates confirm that the forest management system has been evaluated and
recognized as complying with the requirements of the PEFC-RUSSIA –ST-01-2015 standard.
Forest regeneration.
Every year, a large set of measures for the protection and reproduction of forest areas is carried out.
This includes preparing the soil for forest crops, mineralizing the soil, planting seeds in the territory,
caring for the forest crops.
In 2010 – 2020 the company has sown 4400 kg of pine seeds – on the area of 4500 hectares.
The company helps pine trees grow. Regular agrotechnical care is required. This is loosening the soil,
thinning, digging. Taking into account the seeding of previous years, the company carries out care on the
territory of 1306 hectares per year.
Regeneration of fish populations.
Kraslesinvest is working to restore the population of valuable fish species in the Angara river. In 2018 —
2019, 2 100 Siberian sturgeon were released into the river. Sturgeons were purchased from the Yenisei
branch of the Federal state budgetary institution “Glavrybvod”. The material has passed genetic
examination in the Federal state budgetary institution “VNIRO” for belonging to the Yenisei population’s
gene pool. Each individual has a passport. Species are included in the register of breeding herds of
aquaculture facilities. This means that each individual can reproduce the population exactly in the
conditions where it was released.
Protection of forests from fires
One of the main tasks of forest regeneration is to protect it from fires. Forest roads are used to access
fires. The company has built and maintaines 500 km of forest roads. Organized 2 points PSPI (point of
concentration of fire-fighting equipment). To ensure safety and prevent fires this year, Kraslesinvest also
installed 2 checkpoints on the territory of the rental base. Each is equipped with a fire-fighting tractor
“Rubezh 4000”, a fire shield, a water tank with a volume of 1000 liters.
To control the situation, special transport access is required to the sections. 44 helicopter pads have
been built in the forest. There are 37 fire-fighting reservoirs and 172 specialized recreation areas in the
forest.
From 2007 to 2019, the costs of JSC “Kraslesinvest” on protection, safety and regeneration amounted to
487 918 866 rubles.