CIS intergovernmental council to discuss forestry development prospects

The agenda of the meeting will also include the areas of further social and economic development of the wood and paper industry and forestry services of the CIS member states, conservation of the historical and cultural heritage associated with forests and forestry, the results of CIS cooperation in the forestry sector. It is planned the parties will discuss organizational and information issues related to the implementation of the agreements on wildfire prevention and extinction at the border territories of the CIS countries.

Partaking in the meeting will be the forestry ministries of the CIS member states, representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, organizations of the wood and paper industry, labor unions, scientists.

Belarus is currently presiding at the CIS Intergovernmental Council Wood and Paper Industry and Forestry. Forestry Minister of Belarus Mikhail Amelyanovich is the chairman of the council. He was elected to the post at the 12th meeting that took place in Saint Petersburg in July 2012, BelTA reports.

Among the priorities of the CIS Intergovernmental Council on Wood and Paper Industry and Forestry is to assist stabilization and development of the wood and paper industry and forestry in the CIS, adopt coordinated measures for mutual provision of the markets with forest products, to secure a rational use of forest raw material resources. Another important goal of the council is to assist in the work on sustainable, economically sound, eco-friendly and socially oriented forest administration and forest use.