OREANDA-NEWS. Logging and Timber Rafting Department (Bratsk group of logging companies of the forest industry corporation Ilim Pulp) has completed reforestation works it planned to perform this year on the leased forest area, spending 10.5 million roubles.

In 2005, the company spent 9 million roubles on reforestation.

Artificial reforestation was held on the territory of 768 hectares of the leased land, which took up 8 million 653 thousand roubles. Of this land, 554 hectares was taken up by seed planting (5 million 234 thousand roubles) and the rest of 214 hectares underwent species planting, with the budget of 3 million 419 thousand roubles.

In order to assist natural renewal of forests, measures such as undergrowth preservation and soil mineralization were performed on the area of 1963 hectares. The works cost 1 million 796 thousand roubles.

3894 hectares of the leased land were set for natural growth.