Northern research institute of forestry - history, current status and direction of development

The article is devoted to the history of the forest science development in the European North of Russia and synthesis of the scientific results of the Northern Research Institute of Forestry. Since the foundation of the Northern Research Institute of Forestry, its scientists conducted fundamental research on the nature of taiga and pre-tundra forests, typology of forests and cutting areas, natural and artificial reforestation, mechanisms of mutual influence and growth of basic tree species in the extreme conditions of the North. The theoretical regulations of taiga forestry were systematized and forest management systems developed in forests for various special purposes. The processes of stands development of derivative formations were studied, and the economic and biological assessment of the change of tree species were given [1]. The development, analysis and systematization of regional forest taxation standards, which have found wide application in forestry practice is considered the most important result of the Institute's research [2]...