Prospects of plantation forest cultivation on reclaimed lands of the Far Eastern Federal District

The article considers the prospects of plantation forest cultivation on lands disturbed as a result of the work of resource-extracting enterprises. Currently, one of the most important problems is the reduction of forest resources used in the wood processing industry. Restoration of forest stands on deforested areas will not only solve this problem, but also improve the ecological situation in the regions due to the restoration of degraded lands and the production of phytomass in the form of wood raw materials. The objects of the study were: forest ecosystems, including the characteristics of tree stands (fullness, age, growth; soils, light conditions, temperature); reclaimed lands; seedlings and cuttings of larch and other coniferous and deciduous species; natural and climatic factors. In this regard, the aim of the study was to determine the prospects for creating forest plantations, including on reclaimed areas disturbed by mining activities in the last century, to reduce their negative impact. The experimental studies conducted to develop a technology for creating forest plantations on reclaimed areas of the Kavalerovsky forestry in Primorsky Krai indicate that the highest rooting rates of poplar cuttings were found in the varieties Pioner, Volosistoplodny, Kitaysky, Marilandika, Brabantika-175, Stroyn in variants using the following bioactivators: succinic acid, huminol and rostivin. It was found that the condition of larch, pine, oak and maple seedlings was satisfactory. Experiments in the greenhouse of "DalNIILH" and in production conditions, on the reclaimed site of Kavalerovsky forestry (Primorsky Krai) allowed to identify the possibility of successful cultivation of plantation forest plantations, namely: planting cuttings of acclimatized poplar and seedlings of tree crops using the following bioactivators (biologically active substances): huminol, rostivin, rootin and succinic acid. The conducted studies allow to make a preliminary conclusion that when growing poplar cuttings on a plantation, it is possible to recommend the use of succinic acid and huminol.

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