This publication contains information concerning the forest resources of Georgia and a description of the status, trends and developments taking place in the forest sector and of the areas in which forestry activities have taken place over the past decade. For the forest sector, as for other branches of the Georgian economy, the period has been marked by the implementation of radical reforms necessitated by the changeover from a centrally planned to a market economy and by efforts to achieve sustainable development in forest management.--Publisher's description.

This publication, prepared by national experts, contains information concerning the forest resources of the Russian Federation and a description of trends and developments over the past decade. it contains statistical data, tables, graphs and analysis. The chapters are: national survey and global assessment of forest resources; management of Russian forests; information available on Russian forests; forest resources; forest utilisation; forest regeneration and protective forest cultivation; forest protection and conservation.