Sep 16, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. IlimSibLes, Irkutsk region, Russia, belonging to Ilim Pulp Corporation, obtained FCS certification. This decision was taken by German GFA Terra Systems with participation of Russian specialists from audit company EuroPartner, company’s press-service reported. Russian national FCS office director Andrej Ptichnikov noted, that “FSC certification is leading and the most modern global system. At present 65 million hectares of forestlands are certified by this system. It is significant that there are leaders of forest industry in Russia who is certifying their forests. Thanks to Ilim Pulp efforts on voluntary forest certification in Russia square of Russian certified forests increased by a third.”