In 2024, reforestation is planned on the territory of the Sakhalin Region on an area of 3040 hectares. The work will be carried out within the framework of the national project "Ecology, for which more than 32 million rubles have been allocated from the federal budget to the region. This is reported on the website of the governor and the government of the region.
"The main volume of forest planting on the islands will be carried out traditionally in May-June. To do this, three million coniferous seedlings have already been grown in the forest nurseries of the Sakhalin Region," Roman Ostapenko, head of the Agency for Forestry and Hunting of the Sakhalin Region, is quoted in the message.
We are talking about larch and Ayan spruce.
In addition, a stock of seeds of forest plants has been formed.
As noted in the message, one of the main goals of the national Ecology project is the preservation and enhancement of Russia's forest resources.
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