Seminar "Towards a Progressive Forest Sector in Northwest Russia"

25th June, 2008

St. Petersburg Forest Technical Academy

 

Organizers: Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla), University of Joensuu, St. Petersburg Forest Technical Academy, Forest Department of the Northwest Russia Federal District & Petrozavodsk State University.

 

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The seminar program in English & in Russian (pdf)

The final report of the project published in Russian (pdf)

Seminar Presentations

Timo Karjalainen (Metla, Joensuu)	Opening   (pdf 286 kb)
Kalevi Kyyrönen (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland)	Forest industry in change (pdf 813 kb)
Tatu Torniainen (University of Joensuu)	Finnish analysis of the forest sector reform in Russia (pdf 255 kb)
Elina Välkky (Metla, Joensuu)	Experiences from the Baltic and Eastern European countries for the forest sector reform in Russia (pdf 576 kb)
Ilkka Pirhonen (Metla, Joensuu)	Income and employment impacts from roundwood use, forest industry and related value chain investments in Northwest Russia and Finland (pdf 387 kb)
Antti Mutanen (Metla, Joensuu)	Wood export from Russia and effects on market competition (pdf 247 kb)
Henrik Herajärvi (Metla, Joensuu)	Quality differences between Finnish and North-West-Russian spruce and birch timber (pdf 589 kb)
Timo Leinonen (Metla, Joensuu)	Intensification of forest management (pdf 1,62 Mb)
Vladimir Siounev (Petrozavodsk State University) & Yuri Gerasimov (Metla, Joensuu)	Challenges in wood harvesting (pdf 5 Mb)