State Forest Pathology Monitoring

State forest pathology monitoring is a comprehensive system of observations of the sanitary and forest pathology state of forests and the processes and phenomena occurring in them.

The objectives of the state forest pathology monitoring are timely detection, analysis, assessment and forecast changes in the sanitary and forest-pathological state of forests for the implementation of management in the field of forest protection and ensuring sanitary safety in forests.

State forest pathology monitoring is an integrated system of observations of the sanitary and forest pathology condition of forests and the processes and phenomena occurring in them.

The goals of the state forest pathology monitoring are the timely detection, analysis, assessment and forecast of forest conditions population dynamic of pests.

State forest pathology monitoring is carried out on the basis of the norms of the forest legislation of the Russian Federation in order to provide all participants in forest relations with information about the protection of forests, the causes of their weakening and death. The state forest pathology monitoring is coordinated of the central office of the FBI «RCFH». Works performed by monitoring departments and the information and analytical departments in the branches. In hard-to-reach areas and areas with a complex forest pathology situation, the work is carried out by expedition parties of the central office and individual branches.

The recipients of forest pathology information are the Federal Forestry Agency and forest management bodies in the Russian regions, forest users and other participants in forest relations.

The materials of the state forest pathology monitoring are used to increase the efficiency of the appointment of measures to eliminate of hotbeds forest pests and sanitary and health measures.

Service areas of branches for the implementation of the state task for forest pathology monitoring