OREANDA-NEWS. Ilim Group acts as a title sponsor of the All-Russian Forest Planting Day. On May 18, 2013, volunteers will plant over 10 million of young trees in 65 regions of Russia within the framework of this unprecedentedly large environmental event expected to draw over 1 million of people.

"Forest is the basis of Ilim Group's business operations and responsible forest management is one of our key priorities", emphasized Igor Sapunkov, Director Forest Strategy of Ilim Group. - "We are happy to support such an important and large-scale event and we are sure that it will both enable implementation of reforestation activities in the forests that sustained most serious damage caused by wildfires, and promote a responsible forest management approach".

The All-Russian Forest Planting Day was initiated by the Federal Forestry Agency (RosLesKhoz) in 2011 and enjoyed support of the Russian Government. This year the event's official site 18may.ru has a special map with information about the tree planting sites which is updated every hour.