CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)

The NGO/IPO-led Underlying Causes Initiative organized a regional workshop, which took place in Krasnoyarsk, Central Siberia, Russia in July 29, 1998. The following are the findings of the studies carried out in the region.

For further information on this process, please contact the regional focal point: 
Andrei Laletin, IUCN, Russian Federation laletin@online.ru

Executive Summary of the workshop

Some of the Case Studies presented at the workshop

• Russia, Krasnoyarsk: Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation By R.M.Babintseva, V.N.Gorbachev, A.P.Laletin, V.N.Malkevich, S.D.Titov
  
• Russia, Bryansk: Problems of Forest Degradation And Deforestation in the Bryansk Region By Dr. Zhirina L.S., Markin O.V.Bryansk Non-Governmental Organization "VIOLA"
  
• Georgia: Main reasons of deforestation and degradation of forests in Georgia By Alexander Urushadze
  
• Russia, Primorsk: "Major reasons of deforestation and degradation of forests in the Sikhote-Alin region" By Anatoly Lebedev (BRPC), Ivan Kyalunziga and Pavel Soldatov
  
• Russia, Povolzhje: Oak decline in the Middle Povolzhje Region
  By I.A. Yakovlev

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