Recent regional and country reports

• Forest fire and smoke episode in western Russia 2010
• Forest Fires and Fire Management in the Circumboreal Zone: Past trends and future uncertainties. International Model Forest Network (IMFN) Discussion Paper No. 1 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• Advance Publication of Wildland Fire Statistics for Russia 1992-2007 (published in International Forest Fire News No. 37 (2008, in prep.) by Goldammer, J.G., A.I. Sukhinin, and E.P. Davidenko)
• FAO Regional Fire Report Baltic Region (Regional fire report of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005, PDF 0.4 MB)
• European Forest Sector Outlook Study 2005 (statements related to forest fires are highlighted; PDF, 2.6 MB)
• The Forest Fire Situation in Southern Russia 2003 (Special Report by GFMC, English version, PDF 3.5 MB)
• The Forest Fire Situation in Southern Russia 2003 (Special Report by GFMC, Russian version, PDF 3.5 MB)
• The Forest Fire Situation in Russia 2002 (Special Report by GFMC)

The following reports published in International Forest Fire News (IFFN) are filed in the GFMC

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Finland

• Germany

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Norway

• Poland

• Russian Federation

• Sweden

• Belarus
• United Kingdom

Other national reports

• Norway: Forest Fire and Environmental Management. A technical report on forest fire as an ecological factor (edited by Erik Bleken, Ivar Mysterud and Iver Mysterud, 1997, English version of 2003; PDF, 3.6 MB)
• Poland: Report on the National Situation regarding the Impact of Fires on the Forest (by Barbara Ubysz, Ryszard Szczygiel and Józef Piwnicki, 2006; PDF, 0.4 MB)
   

Scientific reports from the region

• Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia: The Bor Forest Island Fire Experiment Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN)
• Russia’s Wildland Fire Data in the IAASA Databank “Land Resources of Russia”
• Vegetation Fuel Classification and Mapping (by A.V.Volokitina and M.A.Sofronov, Krasnoyarsk, 2002; PDF, 1.6 MB)

Recent changes in national legislation and policies

• The 2007 Forest Code of the Russian Federation (adopted by the State Duma on 8 November 2006; effective: 1 January 2007) (PDF, 0.2 MB) Note: this is an unofficial translation of the Third Reading, November 2006. Meanwhile the Forest Code has been revised. An English translation of the revised version is not available.

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