Sochi became a pioneer in resolving the issue. During the preparations for the 2014 Olympics, trees were cut down in the Sochi National Park to create the necessary infrastructure. Due to gaps in the legislation, for more than 10 years, wood was stored along the roads.
“More than 14 thousand cubic meters of felled fir, spruce, beech have been lying for so many years in 10 sections of the national park. And all these years, they have not been touched: because the general procedure for the sale of timber, which was approved by the Government, did not apply to protected areas. The investor repeatedly wrote appeals to the Federal Property Management Agency, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, the national park, the Federal Forestry Service, but received replies. We were able to resolve this issue and we managed to cut this bureaucratic knot,” said Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov.
Based on the results of wood inspection by a special commission consisting of specialists from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Federal Forestry Agency, the Federal Property Management Agency, regional and municipal authorities, 14,350 cubic meters of wood were recognized as illiquid. Over the years, wood has lost its technical properties, and its storage entails fire and sanitary safety risks in forests.
Over the years, wood has lost its technical properties, and its storage entails fire and sanitary safety risks in forests. Thanks to the Rosa Khutor resort, by July 1, it will be processed by mulching, and the resulting sawdust will be used in backfilling hiking trails. The experience of the Sochi National Park in solving the issue of wood utilization in protected areas will be disseminated in other national parks of the country.
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