The article is devoted to the study of the problems of the transformations in the forest use system over the past 30 years for depressive lumber cutting territories (in the case of the Republic of Karelia). One of the ways to understood problems is through the prism of the system of...

The fires of 2010 in Central Russia changed the volume and quality of the forest ecosystem services greatly. It affected the people’s welfare, including changes in health, limitation of access to resources, reduction of individual and social security, and the changing of social relations. The...

The rapid globalization of forest products markets has placed many rural forest-based communities under considerable pressure to rapidly exploit forest resources. To counter, transnational environmental organizations have promoted programs for forest certification, seeking to use global market...