Despite the fact that last year in Buryatia, due to heavy June-July rains, the number of forest fires fell to a record level, the pace of reforestation in the region is gaining momentum.
According to the Republican Forestry Agency of the Republic of Buryatia, if in 2021 only 137 fires were registered in the region, then in 2020 the number of fires was three times higher. In total, 905 hectares were cut down in 2021, and in the near future, foresters plan to restore more than 4.5 thousand hectares, five times the area of cutting.
The method of growing seedlings in greenhouses is mainly used. Indeed, in natural conditions, only rare units of cones sprout. Moreover, in Buryatia as a whole, due to the dry, cold and windy climate, all trees, except for poplar and elm, grow extremely poorly and for a long time. Modern technologies of accelerated growth came to the rescue, and pine, cedar and larch seedlings suitable for planting are grown in greenhouses in two or three months. The percentage of germination when planting in the areas covered by fires is up to 90%.
“In 2021, 104.9 thousand saplings of Scotch pine were grown in our greenhouses,” said Anna Denisenko, chief specialist of the reforestation department of the Forest Resources Administration of the Republic of Buryatia. – This year, 184.6 thousand plants have already been planted.
After the pine has taken root and taken root in the new land, it will be considered a teenager until the age of 20. From 2021, when the seedling grows to human height, it is already considered an adult. Everything, like a person. The task of restoring the forest volume to 100% of the forests cut down and destroyed by fire is spelled out in the federal project “Preservation of Forests”. We add that in the two largest greenhouses in Ulan-Ude of the AU RB “Lesresurs” of all coniferous seedlings (pine, larch and Siberian cedar) last year, about 400 thousand pieces were grown and planted. This amount was enough to, according to the standards, sow about 1,400 football fields with coniferous trees. Today, last year’s seedlings are already turning green in the burnt areas of regional forests.
