Landscape Ecological Planning of Forestry on the Karelian Isthmus

The Project started in January 1999 with the objective of developing a new approach to ensure economically viable, socially acceptable and ecologically sustainable management of forest resources on the Karelian Isthmus. The purpose of the project was to prepare an integrated land use and forestry plan and to develop new methods for planning, managing and monitoring the use of forest resources at the management unit (leskhoz, lesnichestvo) level as well as to increase the capacity of local personnel to adopt and further develop these new methods.

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Sustainable Forest Management in the Kargopol District of the Arkhangelsk Region:
Review of the Finnish Project Coordinator on the gained experience

General:
The Kargopol Forest Project focused on strategic planning of forestry and utilisation of natural resources. The project consisted of seven components and it was implemented during 1999-2001. The project was financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland with the sum of EUR 378 000 (FIM 2,25 million).

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