The session was attended by Deputy Director for science, Acting Director Konstantinov A.V.

The meeting was attended (via video link) by junior researchers of the Research and Development Department for Monitoring Forest Ecosystems Kushnir E.A. and Nedbaev I.S.

Deputy Director for science, Acting Director Konstantinov A.V., Junior Researchers of the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Research Institute Kushnir E.A. and Nedbaev I.S. took place in it.

It was attended by Deputy Director Stepchenko A.A. and Head of the Research and Development Department of Economic Research Vasiliev O.I.

Egorov A.B., head of the Research and Development Center for Breeding, Reproduction and Chemical Care of the Forest, spoke at the round table “Phytoinvasions: methods of control and environmental consequences” with a report on the topic "Selective herbicides in the fight against Sosnowsky's hogweed".On September 29-30, St. Petersburg hosted the 22nd St. Petersburg International Forestry Forum. Leading researcher E.K. Potokina spoke at the event with reports "Possibilities of methods of genomic selection and gene editing for the improvement of forest species" and "Genomic technologies in forestry: opportunities and prospects". In the conference "Forestry", the moderator was the head of the Research and Development Department of Forest Management and Forest Inventory Romanyuk B.D.On October 27-30, Moscow hosted the 4th All-Russian Scientific Conference with international participation dedicated to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War "Scientific Foundations of Sustainable Forest Management". The conference was attended by Deputy Director for science, Acting Director Konstantinov A.V., Scientific Secretary Koroleva T.S., junior researcher of the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Research Institute Kushnir E.A., Head of the Planning Department Torzhkov I.O., junior researcher, Research and Development Department of Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Nedbaev I.S.On November 17-18, Moscow hosted a UNECE/FAO seminar on forecasts for the development of the forestry sector. The seminar was attended (via video link) by junior research workers of the Research and Development Department for Monitoring Forest Ecosystems Kushnir E.A. and Nedbaev I.S.

Shabunin D.A., Leading Researcher of the Research Institute of Breeding, Reproduction and Chemical Care of the Forest, spoke at the event with a report on the topic “Ash drying up in the suburbs of St. Petersburg: who is to blame - Hymenoscyphus fraxineus or Diplodia spp.?”.

Deputy Director Stepchenko A.A. took part in the forum.