Department of Timber Complex

Overview

The Ministry of Timber Complex is an executive body which fulfills the functions of state policy realization, state service and management of state property in the sphere of forestry; protection, control and regulation of fauna objects use and their habitat with the exception of aquatic biological resources; environmental protection and environmental management.

Within its competence, the Ministry of Timber Complex performs the following functions:

  • forest development, forestry research, forest management;
  • provision of multi-purpose, rational, constant, inexhaustible usage of forests to meet public needs in forestry;
  • control and supervision in the sphere of forestry;
  • state management of usage, protection of forest fund and reproduction of forests.
  • management of protection, reproduction of fauna, regulation of fauna;
  • management of fishery protection of water objects and bio-resources;
  • conservation of biological diversity;
  • sustainable utilization of wildlife resources.
  • ensuring of control and supervision over observance of demands of legislation on protection and use of fauna objects and their habitat;
  • organization and maintenance of state accounting, cadastre and monitoring of fauna objects on the territory of the Vologda Oblast with exception of specially protected nature territories of federal value.
  • formulation and implementation of policies that involve the management of the environment, and the prevention and control of pollution;
  • supervision of policies and programmes that concern the conservation, use, and replenishment of the Oblast's natural resources;
  • management of organization and functioning of specially protected territories of regional value;
  • control of environmental protection;
  • handling of water resources fund;
  • environment research and education;
  • air protection management.

News

22nd International fair and exhibition Russian Wood will be held in Vologda on December 6-8, 2017.
14.11.2017

The Russian Wood, exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will start its work in Vologda on December 6.

Exhibitors from Finland, Latvia, Italy and Belarus are to arrive in Vologda to take part in 22nd International fair and exhibition Russian Wood.
20.10.2017

The Russian Wood, exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will kick off in Vologda on December 6, 2017.

Deputy Governor Mikhail Glazkov had a working meeting with a Chinese investor.
25.09.2017

The Chinese investors are planning to construct a large woodworking enterprise which is expected to create 400 jobs. The total investment will make up RUR 1 bln.

Vologda’s plywood produced by SVEZA Novator was presented in the Benelux countries on July 3.
11.07.2017

SVEZA Group, the world leader in birch plywood production, presented its product called SVEZA Color and SVEZA Paint. The products are wear and moisture resistant and come with a finished base for further painting.

22nd International fair and exhibition Russian Wood will kick off in Vologda on December 6-8, 2017.
11.07.2017

The Russian Wood, exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will start its work in Vologda on December 6, 2017.

A delegation of German wood-working companies arrived in Vologda Oblast on July 6.
11.07.2017

The representatives of thirteen leading German companies in the field of forestry and wood arrived in the Vologda Oblast to define guidelines for further cooperation and discuss possibilities for joint ventures.

Sokol Woodworking Plant (Vologda Region, Russia) started shipments of  glulam prefab houses to Latvia.
18.01.2017

Sokol Woodworking Plant, one of the largest woodworking production facilities in European part of Russia, the first one to apply the glulam technology started glulam prefab houses shipments to Latvia.

21st International exhibition-fair Russian Wood has started its work in Vologda.
07.12.2016

Russian Wood - 2016, held in Vologda from 7-9 December, is hosting exhibitors from 18 Russian regions, Belarus and the Baltic states.

Russian Wood, an international fair and exhibition kicked off in Vologda with an international scientific conference on December 6.
06.12.2016

The Russian Wood, exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will start its work in Vologda on December 7, 2016.

21st International fair and exhibition Russian Wood will kick off in Vologda on December 7.
22.11.2016

The Russian Wood, exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will start its work in Vologda on December 7, 2016.