Forest management
The first large-scale human impact on the forests of the region is associated with the development of slash farming. The first industrial logging in the pine forests of the Komi Region was carried out at the beginning of the 18th century, for the supply of large logs of pine for the construction of ships. From the middle of the XVIII century, to meet the increased demand for high-grade sawlogs in the riverine forests of the Komi region, the use of involuntary selective fellings began to be used. Large-scale development of the forests of the North is associated with a gradual transition from selective winter to year-round clear felling in the 1930s-1950s. As a result of a wide spread of continuous concentrated felling, the most productive massifs of native dark coniferous forests in the middle and southern subareas of the taiga of the Komi Republic have been cut almost completely. Only in 1993, under the pressure of forest specialists and foresters, continuous concentrated felling in the North was banned, and now it is only permitted to conduct continuous narrow clearing. In total, over 1 billion m3 of wood was harvested in the Komi Republic over the past 50 years. However, most of the wood (up to 75%) was shipped outside its raw form. The rest of the wood is used in the pulp and paper industry, woodworking and wood chemical industries and for the needs of the local population.