Russia: Unified information system for controlling timber circulation
04/04/2008 - 15:50
By 2011 there will be a unified information system in operation in Russia for the controlling of timber circulation. This was announced by Valery Roshchupkin, head of Rosleskhoz, at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Prevention of Illegal Timber Circulation.
This system will facilitate reduction in illegal logging in the country. A unified information system will accompany the transfer of timber from the moment it is harvested to its processing and transfer to export.
The second program developed by the commission is the introduction of compulsory accounting of timber at entry and exit of wood processing plants.
As noted by Semyon Levi, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources, 10% of all timber harvested in Russia is illegal. In total, 180 million m3 of lumber is felled in Russia each year.
This news was prepared by the Editorial Board of the "Russian Forestry Review" magazine www.RussianForestryReview.com
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