5 ideas of Vladimir Petrov, Professor, Duma Natural Resources Committee Expert

Full text of the interview with Mr. Petrov is available in #70 of our Weekly.

“Return to felling tickets, forest ranges and increase in forest guard headcount would be much more effective than the law on roundwood trade control”.

“Regulation on tariff quotas for softwood logs export may lead to loss of regional sales markets, for instance, East Asian. Due to these risks, the government should set regional tariff quotas on particular log grades”.

“Illegal loggers are equipped with up-to-date communications, transport and are aware enough of the forest fund composition – obviously, prime suspects are large companies”.

“Last year, illegal logging volume in Russia amounted to 19 million m3”.

“De facto, wood trade markets exist online for a long time. The market generates such marketplaces by itself, so if they are needed, one should not formalize the process too much and implement wood stock exchange projects with presidential decrees”.