Dear Colleagues! We invite you to take part in the International Conference RR 2012: “Renewable Forest Resources: innovative development in forestry” that belongs to a conference series on Renewable Resources. Forestry is constantly adapting to new needs of the changing world. The range of demands put on forest sector by society has considerably increased in recent years. These changes require innovative developments not only in the field of technologies and business, but also on policy and management level, that will create the environment where innovations can take place. The aim of the conference is the discussion of various aspects of use of forest resources and the presentation of Russian and foreign experience in the introduction of innovative methods of forest management, reforestation and forest use. Representatives of authorities, scientific-educational and business community of Russia and other countries are invited to participate in the plenary session and round tables. More detailed information can be find at : http://onlinereg.ru/RR2012/ Yours Maxim -- Maxim Chubinsky department of general ecology, physiology of plants and wood science, executive director of ICFFI, director of studies of FORPEC program, contact person of CBU and EUROFORESTER in FTA, Vice-dean of Forestry Faculty, Institutsky per. 5, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, 194021 +7 911 026 10 24 +7 812 670 92 60 +7 812 670 93 63