ecological zones".
Deputy Prime Minister Petrushev inspected the forest complex of the Northwest.
Dmitry Petrushev made a working trip to St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, where he focused on the development of the forestry industry. Together with Governor Alexander Baglob, the Deputy Prime Minister visited the Sveza factory, and evaluated the innovative production of plywood using digital solutions and artificial intelligence. He also got to know the facilities of one of the leaders in the production of corrugated packaging, sulfur sheets, and visited the St. Petersburg Kirov University of Forestry.
Special attention is paid to the quality of the environment: in Catherine Park "Tsarsko Selo", as part of the national project "Ecological Welfare", water bodies are being cleaned - about 25 thousand square meters are planned to be cleaned by 2027. m of water area.
The day before, the Deputy Prime Minister held a meeting on measures to support the industry. Among the key decisions is maintaining the rental rates for forest plots for priority investment projects, which will free up about 20 billion rubles. A number of companies received an extension of deadlines for forest reproduction until July 2027 - this will give the industry another 8 billion rubles in 2026. In addition, on behalf of the President, changes are being made to simplify the access of forest users to the extraction of common minerals for the construction of forest roads, which will reduce logistics costs.