Experience In Creating Artificial Forest Plants In The Territory Of Belgorod Region

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 901; no. 1; pp. 12057 - 12063
• Main Authors: Cherniavskih, V I, Shchedrina, J E, Golovkov, A V, Dumacheva, E V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Afforestation; Chalk; Crops; Forests; Fruit crops; Hazardous areas; Pine trees; Plantations; Quercus robur; Reforestation; Sandy soils; seedlings; seeds; Species; survival of forest crops; Territory; the Green Capital project
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/901/1/012057

Abstract The experience of creating artificial forest plantations on the territory of the Belgorod region within the framework of the “Green Capital” project is considered. As part of the project, it was envisaged to create more than 100 thousand hectares of forest plantations on chalk slopes and erosion-hazardous areas of the region for 2010 - 2020, that is, bringing the forest cover of the region to 15% - the optimal value for the region. For the period 2010 - 2020 forest plantations were laid on the territory of more than 87.7 thousand hectares. For afforestation in the region, species are recommended that provide sustainable, durable and ecologically capacious afforestation: as the main species on chernozem soils: Quercus robur L., Q . rubra, Fraxinus excilsior L., Larix sibirica Ledeb .; on sandy soils - Pinus sylvestris L. Reforestation has been carried out since 2010 on the territory of 22 districts of the region. In 2016-2020 more than 6 thousand hectares of oak forests were created. As a result, the species Q. robur occupies an area of 22.2% of the area of artificial plantations; P . silvestris accounts for 13.2% of the area of artificial plantations in the oblast. Next in terms of planting volumes are such crops as A. hippocastanum , R. pseudoacacia and F. excélsior - 12.1%, 24.7% and 14.4%, respectively. The share of fruit crops, as well as B. pendula , A. platanoide , A. campestre , and U. l aevis , is 11.7%.