In 2020 Segezha Group (part of Sistema JSFC) will spend around RUB 10.5 million ($143, 835) on restoration of forest crops in Kirov region, Russia. Employees of Vyatsky Plywood Mill, the holding’s asset, will plant about 775.5 thousands of fir and pine seedlings from the local forest nurseries across the area of 258.5 hectares. Other activities are scheduled to ensure natural restoration of forests, particularly to preserve the undergrowth and soil surface mineralization across the area of 1,450.8 hectares.
“Despite the current difficulties due to combatting the coronavirus infection, the annual activities will be performed as scheduled,” assures Andrey Sharov, Director for Forest Management and Certification of Vyatsky Plywood Mill Branch for Forest Resources. “Compensatory forest planting will be performed in all felled areas within one or two years after completion of timber logging and hauling.”
The mill’s logging works are performed within the scope of a priority investment project for forest development. All necessary international certificates for forest areas management are available. Segezha Group has adopted a Policy for responsible forest management and supply mandatory for all its employees. The company draws on the principle of conducting forest restoration works in the territories whose size is commensurate to logging areas. Planting and sowing new trees are scheduled for the period from May to October. Forest renewal will take place without damage to the young stock and undergrowth remaining after felling.
In 2019, forest restoration works in all Segezha Group regions of presence required an expenditure of RUB 97 million ($1.3 million). The forest has been restored across the area of 26 thousand hectares, an expansion by 13.5% against the previous year.
