OREANDA-NEWS. Within the last ten-day period of June Karelia will be a venue for the international specialized exhibition Interles: Karelia-2013. Session of the steering committee to consider the course of preparation for this event so important for the timber industry of Russia as a whole took place in Petrozavodsk on February, 18.

Session of the steering committee was co-chaired by Head of the Federal Forestry Agency Viktor Maslyakov and Head of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen. Minister of Nature Management and Ecology of the Republic of Karelia Viktor Chikalyuk, Vice-President of the Union of Timber Merchants and Timber-Exporters of Russia Timur Irtuganov, rector of Petrozavodsk State University Anatoly Voronin, General Director of Restek Exhibition Company Igor Kirsanov and other officials also took part in the discussion.

Interles: Karelia is the only one in Russia specialized exhibition concerning logging equipment and equipment for primary wood processing during which participants have an opportunity to show their machinery, engineering tools, facilities and equipment in real conditions at work at the specially prepared forest sites. The mission of the exhibition is demonstration of new technologies and equipment for forestry in view of enhancement of efficiency of using forest resources.

In June of 2013 the exhibition Interles will be held for the 15 time, and for the second time it will be held in the campus on the basis of Petrozavodsk State University. The previous exhibition took place in our republic in 2011.

According to the organizers, companies from 12 countries of the world plan to take part in the exhibition. Besides the static exposition, there will be organized a demonstration zone where the guests will have an opportunity to familiarize with work of the logging equipment: harvesters, forwarders, loaders, log trucks, equipment for primary wood-working. This exhibition is expected to become the most large and significant in its history.

The business program of the exhibition will consist of the plenary session of the Federal Forestry Agency On Prospects of Transition to Intensive Model of Forest Management and Forest Exploitation, as well as a number of round table discussions and specialized presentations on subjects of timber cutting, marketing in forestry, forest management, intensive forest exploitation, personnel potential.

The most bright event in the program of the exhibition will be the show of woodcutters STIHL TIMBERSPORTS SERIES which will be presented in Russia for the first time. The best woodcutters in the world will show their skills during the exhibition performance.

It is also expected to time the Open Championship of Russia Logger – 2013 among fellers with motor saws, operators of harvesters and forwarders to the exhibition.

Speaking of the business part of the exhibition, Head of Karelia has proposed to bring amendments to the federal legislation that would make it possible to enhance profitability of logging, processing of forest resources and would promote pumping up the budget of forest regions for consideration of its participants.

Upon conclusion of discussion of organizational issues Viktor Maslyakov and Alexander Khudilainen have signed the Protocol of the session of the steering committee of the exhibition, as well as the Protocol of the working meeting of the Head of Federal Forestry Agency and Head of Karelia. The documents contains joint plans of activity of the Federal Forestry Agency and the Government of Karelia. In particular, the republic will be assigned additional subventions of the federal budget amounting to 5 million roubles for reafforestation, the issue of implementation of the pilot project of intensification of forest management and forest exploitation in territory of Karelia was considered.