28.09.2021
Day of Forestry
Contestants will demonstrate professional skills while working with chainsaws.
Contestants participate in one of two categories: Professional and Junior (up to 24 years).
As a part of the championship, contestants will perform 4 exercises: 1. changing a saw chain; 2. cutting a trunk with a precise cut; 3. cutting a trunk with a combined cut; 4. separation of branches.
All exercises are evaluated in terms of time and accuracy, according to the rules of the International Association Logging Championships.
Participants: top management of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, members of the parliament of Ukraine, representatives of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, heads of regional councils of the Society, heads of forest research institutions and non-governmental organizations whose activities are related to forestry.
The agenda is focused on the implementation of the Presidential Decree on Certain Measures for Conservation and Restoration of Forests and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
13.30–13.45 Opening remarks
Yurii Bolokhovets, Head of State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine
Yurii Marchuk, Head of Society of Foresters of Ukraine
Petro Lakyda, Director of Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape-Park Management, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Johann Georg Goldammer, Director of Global Fire Monitoring Center (Freiburg, Germany)
13.45–14.00 Principles of coordinated fire management of forests, rural and suburban landscapes
Johann Georg Goldammer, Director of Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
14.00–14.15 Legislative initiatives of the Parliament and other central government bodies of Ukraine directed at the improvement of forest fire protection
Anatolii Pavlenko, lawyer
14.15–14.30 Activities of the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine directed at the improvement of forest fire protection system
M. P. Hontaruk, Head of Department of Conservation and Protection of Forests, State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine
14.30–14.45 Modern approaches to prevention and suppression of a new type of landscape fires
S. V. Zibtsev, Professor of Department of Forestry, Head of Laboratory of Forest Pyrology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
14.45–15.00 Modern information tools and platforms for monitoring of fire outbreak and development
O. M. Soshenskyi, Associate Professor of Department of Forestry, Research Assistant of Laboratory of Forest Pyrology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
15.00–15.15 Outlook for professional training of fire and forest fire response team leaders in Ukraine. Equipment and personal precautions for forest firefighters
V. V. Humeniuk, Associate Professor of Department of Forestry, Research Assistant of Laboratory of Forest Pyrology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
15.15–15.30 Practical experience of Oster Military Forestry in prevention and suppression of forest fires
V. B. Braiko, Director of Oster Military Forestry SE
15.30–15.45 Practical experience of fire suppression within the Chernobyl exclusion zone in April 2020
Representative of State Emergency Service of Ukraine
15.45–16.00 Closing remarks
Purpose: to assess current state and development trends of FSC certification with respect to Ukraine’s forest management system in the context of completing the transition to the new standard and with consideration of current challenges.
Participants: representatives of forestry enterprises, forestry business community, certification agencie
16.00–16.05 Opening remark (P. V. Kravets, Ukraine)
16.05–16.20 Introduction of Ukraine’s FSC national standard of forest management (O. P. Pavlishchuk, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine)
16.20–16.30 Q&A
16.30–16.45 Practical implementation of Ukraine’s FSC national standard of forest management (representatives of forestry enterprises)
16.45–16.55 Q&A
16.55–17.10 FSC certification in the context of amalgamation of state-owned forestry enterprises in Ukraine: changes in management & production, approaches to compliance assessment (certification agencies)
17.10–17.20 Q&A
17.20–17.30 Closing remarks