Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Completed work In 2022, measures were taken to restore forests: planting forest crops; ForestGrand LLC planted 126 thousand Korean cedar seedlings on an area of 42 hectares. 14 company employees and 12 local residents of the Primorsky Territory were involved.
The national project "Ecology" at the end of 2022 was fulfilled by 99.7% All key socially significant indicators of the national project "Ecology" at the end of 2022 have been fully implemented, the performance was 99.7%. This is reported on Friday by the press service of Deputy Prime Minister.
"Almost 136 billion roubles were allocated from the federal budget for the implementation of the project in 2022, which were fully invested in a set of environmental measures - the project implementation was 99.7%. As a result of the measures taken, the quality of life of millions of our citizens has improved, as attention is focused simultaneously on the most important components of environmental well-being - safety of urban and industrial areas, preservation of forests and water bodies, preservation of biodiversity and so on," Abramchenko said, whose words are quoted in the report.
According to her, the "Clean Air" project in 2022 managed to reduce atmospheric emissions by 11%. Gasification of houses is underway, more than 500 units of environmentally friendly transport have been put on city routes. In September 2023, 29 more cities will start the experiment on quotas for air pollutant emissions. Work is underway to create infrastructure for hazardous waste management, seven modern production and technical enterprises are being built, two of which are planned to be launched this year.

Also, during the implementation of the federal project "Forest Conservation", reforestation was carried out on an area of 4.88 million hectares. In addition, within the framework of the national project, new national parks are being created and nature reserves are being expanded. Rare animal species, including the Far Eastern leopard and polar bear, are under special protection.
"Work has already started and will continue to include new territories in the implementation of the national project. Among the areas of work for the near future, it is important to solve tasks in the field of strategic development of the forestry complex and subsoil use, waste management reform, general cleaning of the country, reduction of dependence on imported equipment and introduction of a closed-cycle economy," Abramchenko concluded.