Atlas of the forest sector in Belarus

Authors: Gerasimov, Yuri & Karjalainen, Timo

Pages: 58

Bibliographic information

This atlas is a collection of maps with a short description of the current situation of the forest sector in Belarus including regions of Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev, and Vitebsk. The cartographic information is grouped in the following way: forest resources, silviculture, wood harvesting, production and the most important producers of wood-based products (sawnwood, plywood, wood-based panels, pulp, paper, paperboard), potential of energy wood, as well as producers of forest-related machinery, wood pellets and briquettes, forest education, and research institutions. This review serves the information needs of different stakeholders and those interested in the forest sector in Belarus.

Belarus, forest resources, wood harvesting, forest industry, bioenergy, forest policy

Atlas of the forest sector in Belarus (pdf, size 6232 kb)

Gerasimov, Yuri & Karjalainen, Timo. 2010. Atlas of the forest sector in Belarus. Metlan työraportteja / Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 170. 58 p. ISBN 978-951-40-2250-0 (PDF). Available at: http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2010/mwp170.htm.

Yuri Gerasimov,
Finnish Forest Research Institute,
P.O.Box 68, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland,
yuri.gerasimov@metla.fi

Unit: Eastern Unit
Project: Central and Eastern Europe Information Service (KIEMET)