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FSC Certification in Russia

Table 4. The place of FSC certification in the long-term strategies of companies as well as the situation with preservation of high conservation value forests (HCVF) of regional and national levels with repsect to Principle 9


Provisional signs:

Forest Management:

– most of certified forest is part of company's long-term (49-year) concession
– certified forest is part of company's concession with duration between 5 and 49 years
– certified forest is under management of a state forest management enterprise (leskhoz), which does not have long-term economic interests for certification

Certificate type:

– forest management is certified, the products delivered to the markets have COC certificate
– forest management is certified, the products delivered to the markets do not have COC certificate
– forest management is not certified

Use of certificate for products:

– forest management is certified, the certified items are being produced
– forest management is certified, however presently products delivered to the markets either do not have FSC label or are further mixed with non-certified products
– forest management is not yet certified, however certification is aimed at output of certified products
– forest management is not yet certified, certification is not aimed at output of certified products

Measures on preservation of regional and national level HCVF (intact forest landscapes, intact forests, other):

– certification provided full preservation of regional and national level HCVF
– certification provided at least partial preservation of regional and national level HCVF or the company really promotes preservation of such forests outside of certification process
– there are regional and national level HCVF within the area under certification, however they either are not yet protected, or approach to their preservation is unknown
– there are no regional and national level HCVF within the area under certification

 

FM – forest management certificate, COC – chain-of-custody certificate, IFL – intact forest landscapes.

Company

Forest Management

Certificate type

Use of Certificte for Products

Measures on preservation of regional and national level HCVF

Kosikhinskiy Leskhoz

State enterprise

FM/COC

Body care items (Timber Production)

There are no such objects

Dvinskoy LPKh

Lease

FM/COC

Wooden glued shields

Additional agreement with Greenpeace Russia on protection of intact forests (2001)

Madok

Lease

No

Sawn goods

There are no such objects

Priluzskoe lesnichestvo, Priluzie Model Forest

State enterprise

FM/COC

Roundwood, sawlogs are delivered to Luzales

Tracts of intact (virgin) forests are preserved based on the decision by the Head of the Komi Republic, but not approved at the federal level

Maloshuikales, Onegales, Kargopolles, Yarnemales, Onezhskoye lesosplavnoye predpriyatie

Lease

FM/COC

Sawn goods (by Onega Sawmill)

Within the certified area part of kvartals with intact forests will not be logged; establishment of the Onezhskoye Pomorie National Park at part of the lesed area is being delayed

STF-Strug

Lease (49 years)

FM/COC

Roundwood for export

There are no such objects

Novoyenisey Forest Chemical Complex

Lease (5 years)

FM/COC

Sawn goods

There are old-growth forests, part of them will be preserved

Bely Ruchey

Concession

FM/COC

Potential for production of sawn goods

There are old-growth forests, company and Cherepovetsles promoted establishement of the protected area Atleka

Belozersky Lespromkhoz

Lease (5-49 years)

FM/COC

Potential for production of sawn goods

There are old-growth forests,company promoted establishement of the landscape reserve “Pohtinsky”(2326 ha)

Svetlozersk

Lease (4-5 years)

FM/COC

Potential for production of sawn goods (by Solombala Sawmill)

There are IFL, the agreement is made with Greenpeace (2004) to protect part of the forests

Terneyles

Lease (25 years)

FM/COC

Roundwood for export, some sawn goods

Company signed agreement with NGOs (2004), which may lead to a greater protection of intact forests in the Samarga bassin; agreement with the local Udege people signed, although it is unclear how it will respect their traditional land uses

Kai

Lease (5-49 years)

FM/COC

Roundwood for furniture details production by Domostroitel for IKEA

There are no such objects

Lesosibirsk Sawmill No.1

Lease (25-49 years)

FM/COC

Potential for production of sawn goods (by Lesosibirsk Sawmill 1)

There are intact forests, but approach to their protection is unknown

Shalakushales, Ust-Pokshenga Logging Enterprise and Velskoe Logging Enterprise of the Titan Group

Lease (5-49 years)

FM/COC

Potential for production of sawn goods by Shalakusha and 25th sawmills (Titan Group), pulpwood delivered to Arkhnagelsk PPM will be used for production of certified paper

There are IFL within the lease of Ust-Pokshenga Logging Enterprise, agreement with Greenpeace Russia on partial protection of intact forests signed in 2004

Komilesbiznes

Lease

FM/COC

No information

No information

Noshulskiy LZK

Lease

COC

Sawn goods

There are old-growth (pristine) forests, they are partly protected

Luzales

Lease

COC

Sawn goods

There are old-growth (pristine) forests, they are partly protected

Zelennikovskoe

Lease (5-49 years)

FM/COC

Sawn goods (by Sawmill No.3)

There are IFL but approach to conservation of them is not known

Toimales

Lease

FM/COC

Sawn goods (by Solombala Sawmills)

There are IFL, negotiations with Greenpeace on this matter are in process

IlimSibLes Group

Lease

FM/COC

Roundwood for production of sawn goods (by Ilim Group's sawmills), pulpwood goes to Bratsk PPM (owned by Ilim Group)

There are patches of IFL, some 1st group forest were protected but overall approach to HCVF protection is unknown

ULIL Group

Lease

FM/COC

Roundwood for production of sawn goods (by IULDZ owned by Ilim Group), pulpwood goes to Ust-Ilimsk PPM (owned by Ilim Group)

There are patches of IFL, some 1st group forest were protected but overall approach to HCVF protection is unknown

IlimSeverLes Group

Lease

FM/COC

Roundwood for production of sawn goods (by Ilim Group's sawmills), pulpwood goes to Kotlas PPM (owned by Ilim Group)

There are IFL, but approach to their protection is unknown

Kaigorodskiy and Sysolskiy leskhozes

State enterprises

FM/COC

Roundwood, but it is mainly delivered to Mondi Business Paper Syktyvkar for paper production

There are intact forests and old-growth (pristine) forests, the company has a policy toward their protection, one valuable intact forest landscape was excluded from concession

Zalazninskiy lesokombinat

Lease (5-10 years)

FM/COC

Roundwood delivered for production of newsprint (at Volga PPM)

There are HCVF, as a precondition to certification the company claimed it took measures on their protection

Leskom

Lease

FM/COC

No data

There are valuable old-growth (pristine) forests but approach to their protection is unknown

Avtodorles

Lease

FM/COC

Roundwood for production of sawn goods and fiberboard by Kronostar factory/P>

There are some valuable forests but approach to their protection is unknown

Maiskles

Lease

FM/COC

Potential for production of newsprint (by Volga PPM)

There are valuable old-growth forests, logging moratorium for part of them located in Komi Republic is announced (2005), approach to protection of areas in Kirov Oblast is unknown


Table 1 lists companies with FSC forest management certificates

Table 2 lists companies with FSC chain-of-custody certificates

Table 3 lists companies at different stages of FSC certification

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