Forests cover a third of the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation

A third of the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is covered with forests. This is over 328 million hectares, or 3.28 million sq. m. Such data was provided by Roslesinforg. Most of the Arctic forests are located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory – 67.8 million hectares.

The three leaders also include Yakutia (54.3 million hectares) and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (16 million hectares). This is followed by the Murmansk Region (5.4 million hectares) and Chukotka (4.9 million hectares), on the territory of which long-lived trees grow: they are on average 134 years old.