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Nature protection organization

NGO “SPOK” (Republic of Karelia, Russia)

Elena Pilipenkoemployee of NGO “SPOK”

http://spok-karelia.ru

Karelia in Northern Europe

180,5 thd km2

(1.06 % of Russian area)

about 600 km

from north to south

about 400 km

from west to east

700 thd people,urban population is 75.5 %

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NGO “SPOK”

History of the organization: created on November, 10 1996 registered on February, 14 2001

Main directions: monitoring of forest resources exploitation in the Republic of

Karelia and North-West Russia promoting preservation of valuable forest of the Republic of

Karelia development of methods providing sustainable forestry and

biodiversity preservation of the Republic of Karelia and North-West Russia

forming careful attitude to forest and its rational exploitation ecological education of the population

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World intact old growth forest

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Scheme of territory planningof the Republic of Karelia, 6.07.2007

Scheme intends to create or enlarge 60 protected areas

Total area of all new offered nature reserves (without water surface) is about 1600 thd ha (9 % of forestry area)

Almost all OGF are included into planned nature reserves

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Overlapping of planned protected areas and OGF

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The main large logging companies in Karelia, in one form or another, have expressed a position on the preservation of valuable forest areas (old growth forests)

• Сегежский ЦБК

• Кареллеспром• Пяозерский

ЛПХ• Ладэнсо• Лендерский

ЛПХ• Ледмозерский

ЛПХ• Сведвуд-

Карелия • и др.

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“Forest Plan” and 17 “Forestry Regimes”, 2008-2009

13 planning Karelian protected areas (about 180 thd ha) were included into the first stage of creation according to the “Forest plan of the Republic of Karelia” and “Forestry regimes of the Republic of Karelia”

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Manualbook on biological diversity (coming in 2010) Recommendations on preservation of biological diversity during timber harvesting

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The largest spruce-tree in Fennoscandia

Height - 36 m, diameter – 1,25 m

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Arrangement the protected area “Zaozersky” near Petrozavodsk

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New web-site about forest-sector of Karelia

www.forest-karelia.ru

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Map of intact old growth forest of Kareliaand map of Protected areas of Karelia

OGF - near 9% of Karelia area PA – 4,5 % of Karelia area14

Map of forest renters in Karelia

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Two educational film about the forest and forest management

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Ecoeducation

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Involvement of protected areas in the region's (local) economy - use of local

people

Waterfalls «White bridges»Northern of Ladoga lake,

height - 20 m

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Making scientific publications

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Monitoring of forest resources exploitation in the Vologda region of Russia, May 2012

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City forest Petrosawodsk

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The Karelia Regional Nature Conservancy SPOK

Russia 185035, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, ul. M. Gorky, d. 21-B

Tel./Fax (+7) 8142 76-91-15, E-mail: [email protected]

http://spok-karelia.ru

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