By results of the first half of 2007 segezha’s loggers (Forest division, Investlesprom holding) managed to harvest 210 thous. cub.m. and to remove 209 thous. cub.m. of wood that constituted 115 percent of last year similar period level. Wood harvesting increase was achieved in compliance with FSC sustainable forest management requirements and standards. At the end of July 2007 the auditing company “SGS Vostok Ltd” made an inspection audit at the territory of Segezha PPM forest land lease for compliance with sustainable forest management criteria.
How
loggers should conserve the forest? The
organizers are NPO
”SPOK” and LLC
“SLZK”. Loggers and ecologists were united by forest nature conservation
problem.
Until recently wood harvesting meant complete destruction of forest as
ecological super organism. But forest needs to be protected both as recoverable
natural resource and as natural habitat. And not only in reserves and protected
areas but also at the territory leased by loggers. This is required by voluntary
forest certification of enterprises that became relevant in Europe in the end
of 90s. SLZK certified according to FSC system must implement a range of
activities for animate nature biodiversity conservation.
National Forest industry Company was acquired by “Investlesprom” holding from Sputnik group which concentrates its resources at insurance and financial business development.
On July, 26, 2007 Investlesprom entered into agreement with investment company Sputnik group of full share holding purchase of one of its assets — National Forest industry Company (NLK).
From July, 1 PL “Sacks and Packaging” becomes an
independent enterprise. On the eve of this important event we met with general
director of LLC “Segezhskaya Upakovka”, R.Pokrovskii, to ask questions that
people are troubled about.
On June, 19 the Head of Karelia Sergey Katanandov made a working visit to Segezha. As the Head of the Republic told the main objective of the visit was to find out region’s inhabitants’ mood, to hold meetings in labor collectives, to visit social objects and on the basis of people’s opinion to make key decisions about territory’s development.
This conversation was doubly important: Segezha PPM has recently entered the structure of a large Russian holding Investlesprom...
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