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Russian Forests and Forestry

Russian Forests and Forestry. John C. Brissette U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station Durham, NH. Joint Russian-American Central Siberia Sustainable Forestry Project. ● St. Petersburg. ● Magadan. ● Krasnoyarsk. ● Vladivostok. Russia’s Forests.

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Russian Forests and Forestry

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  1. Russian Forests and Forestry John C. Brissette U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station Durham, NH

  2. Joint Russian-AmericanCentral Siberia Sustainable Forestry Project

  3. ●St. Petersburg ●Magadan ●Krasnoyarsk ●Vladivostok

  4. Russia’s Forests • 764 million ha of productive forests • 22% of world’s forested area • 21% of world’s standing timber volume • 15% of global terrestrial C storage capacity • 75% of boreal forest C storage capacity • Post-USSR, harvesting fell from 375 to 110 million m3/yr; since rebounded to 124 Sources: World Bank 1997, IIASA FOR 2007

  5. Comparisons Source: Killmann and Whiteman 2006

  6. Production and Exports Source: Killmann and Whiteman 2006

  7. Forest Administrative Categories • Production Forests • All uses • Protection Forests • Designated natural areas • Water conservation zones • Shelterbelts • Research areas • Reserve Forests

  8. Forest Code of 2006 Federation Inventory Seed Production Research and Education Regions Timber leases, timber sales Production and regeneration Fire suppression Management Planning

  9. 100° E 60° N ● Project Area Krasnoyarsk ● Lake Baikal 50° 90°

  10. Project Area – Southern Taiga • Continental climate • Mean annual Temp −2.4 °C • Jan mean −22.5 °C (−57 to 5) • Jul mean 18 °C (−2 to 37) • Mean annual Precipitation 387 mm • Snow cover Oct 25 to Apr 23 • Growing season 129 days • Soils are Spodosols

  11. “In Siberia there are no roads, only directions”

  12. Forests of the Southern Taiga • Dark Coniferous • Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) • Siberian fir (Abies sibirica) • Kedar (Pinus sibirica) • Light Coniferous • Pine (Pinus sylvestris) • Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) • Deciduous • Birch (Betulapendula) • Aspen (Populus tremula)

  13. Dark coniferous Picea and Abies

  14. Light coniferous Pinus sylvestris

  15. 220 year old larch

  16. Betula pendula with dark coniferous understory

  17. Major Natural Disturbances in Russian Southern Taiga • Siberian Moth • Fire

  18. Siberian Moth Dendrolimus superans sibiricus Butler (Lepidoptera:Lasiocampidae)

  19. Silviculture in Central Siberia • Focus almost exclusively on conifers • Systems Used • Dark Coniferous • Clearcutting (most common) • Two-stage shelterwood • Extended shelterwood • Selection (goals not well defined) • Light Coniferous • Thinning • Selection (rare)

  20. Group + Species + Age Structure + Slope + Regeneration = Prescription

  21. Feller-Forwarder; T-55 chassis

  22. Bulldozer site prep for planting

  23. 8 years after bulldozer site prep

  24. Strip Thinning

  25. Questions? Thanks!

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