Preface

Abstract

International Scientific and Practical Conference “Forest ecosystems as global resource of the biosphere: calls, threats, solutions” (Forestry-2019) continued a series of events that started in 2008. The event was jointly organized by Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G. F. Morozov (Russia), Madrid Polytechnic University (Spain), Belgrade University (Serbia), Belarusian State Technical University (Belarus), Czech Academy of Agrarian Sciences (Czech Republic), Zvolen Technical University (Slovakia), and Research Institute of Forest Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology (Russia), in October, 23-24, 2019, Voronezh, Russia.Forestry-2019 welcomed practitioners, academicians and young researchers from different disciplines with an interest in forest to present research and state-of-the-art knowledge and theories in forestry and to strengthen collaboration between institutions in forest science, management and industry.The Conference explored the research covering (1) Forestry, forest management and multi-purpose use of forests; (2) Genetics, selection, seed production, reproduction and biotechnology in forestry; (3) Biodiversity of forest ecosystems, protection and defense of forests; (4) Forest park and landscape architecture; (5) Economics and management in the forestry complex; (6) Historical and social aspects of nature management; (7) Forest industry and mechanization of the forest complex; and (8) Innovations in the forestry complex.The Organizing Committee is highly grateful for the contribution of the Participants, Institutions and Sponsors supporting the event. All the manuscripts included to the Proceedings went through intensive reviews by notable experts in various scientific areas from Italy, Poland, Argentina, Russia, Spain, Romania, Mexico, Czech Republic, USA, China, Hungary, Sweden, UK, India, Kazakhstan, France, Austria, Thailand, Germany, Canada, Italy, Latvia, Turkey, Australia, Portugal, Malaysia, Ukraine, South Africa, Japan, Belgium, Indonesia, and Korea. The Editors expresses profound gratitude to all the reviewers, whose enthusiasm amplified the high quality of the papers.The conference was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Federal Forestry Agency (Russia).Web page of the Forestry-2019: https://vgltu-conference.wixsite.com/forestry2019Organizing Committee:Dr. Svetlana Morkovina, Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov, RussiaEditors of the Special Issue Forestry-2019:Dr. Anna Godymchuk, National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”, RussiaDr. Liudmyla Rieznichenko, F.D. Ovcharenko Institute of Biocolloidal Chemistry of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, UkraineDr. Antonio García-Abril, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain