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In 2024, employees of Rosneft and its subsidiaries planted over 10.7 million tree seedlings of various species, which is almost 30% more than the year before. The total area of forest plantations is comparable to the territory of more than 4.5 thousand football fields.
Over the past four years, the Company’s enterprises have planted a total of approximately 37 million tree seedlings and saplings, making a significant contribution to the conservation of nature and biological diversity in the Russian Federation.
March 21 marks the International Day of Forests, which was established by the UN General Assembly to draw attention to the issues of rational use of these natural resources and their importance for our planet.
Preservation of the environment for future generations is an integral part of the corporate culture and social policy of the Company. Rosneft implements a number of large-scale environmental programs and is a leader in minimizing the impact on the environment and improving the environmental friendliness of production. The Company’s approaches to afforestation and reforestation are presented in the public position “Preserve the Planet for the Benefit of Current and Future Generations: Sustainable Forest Management”.
In 2024, more than 30 subsidiaries planted seedlings in various regions of the country, including: in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, Yamalo-Nenets and Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Krais, Tyumen, Saratov, Samara, Sakhalin Oblasts, as well as in Bashkiria and the city of Moscow. The work was carried out both as part of reforestation work and voluntary campaigns – “Green Spring”, “Forest Planting Day”, “Save the Forest” and the International Campaign “Garden of Memory”, dedicated to the memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War.
The largest contribution to forest restoration in 2024 was made by RN-Yuganskneftegaz, RN-Purneftegaz, East Siberian Oil and Gas Company, Bashneft, RN-Vankor and Samotlorneftegaz.
Employees of RN-Yuganskneftegaz, Rosneft’s largest oil-producing asset, planted more than 4.8 million coniferous seedlings during the 2024 growing season. This is 41% more than last year. The green area was about 1,300 hectares.
Over the past three years, the RN-Purneftegaz company has planted more than 1.2 million pine seedlings on an area of 340 hectares in Yamal.
The East Siberian Oil and Gas Company has completed reforestation work in the Achinsk and Karatuz forestries of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The oil workers planted 940 thousand forest seedlings on an area of 300 hectares. The forestry territories grew by 820 thousand Siberian spruce seedlings, 70 thousand Siberian cedar pine seedlings and almost 50 thousand Scots pine seedlings.
In 2024, Bashneft planted 748 thousand trees on an area of over 200 hectares. This is 45% more than the same indicator last year. The plantings took place in the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Employees of the Company’s enterprises and their family members participate in various environmental campaigns: Green Spring, Forest Planting Day, Save the Forest, hold clean-up days and clean up the coastal zones of rivers, reservoirs and springs, support the Green Office project, and help botanical gardens and zoos.
RN-Vankor planted about 400 thousand pine seedlings on an area of 182 hectares in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. During the growing season, the seedlings were transported to forestries in special containers that protect future trees from damage and root drying. Pine was chosen for reforestation as one of the forest-forming species – these trees are among the most resistant to winds and adverse conditions, and their root system strengthens the soil. Pines grow quickly and are capable of creating significant forest areas in a short time, which become a habitat for many species of animals and birds, which is of great importance for restoring the natural balance of the taiga.
In 2024, Samotlorneftegaz employees planted more than 390 thousand pine seedlings on more than 107 hectares. Large-scale work to restore coniferous forests began in 2008. Over 17 years, the district’s forest fund has increased by 2 million trees, which is more than 700 hectares.
The group’s companies not only plant trees, but also help equip forestry with modern equipment. Thus, in 2024, Samotlorneftegaz transferred domestically produced snow and swamp-going vehicles to forestry in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. The self-propelled equipment is adapted to work in harsh climatic conditions and will be used for fire patrols, reforestation work, and year-round sanitary control of the forest fund. With the financial support of the enterprise, the material and technical equipment of the aviation and ground forest protection base, which is engaged in the protection and reproduction of the district’s forests, has been improved.
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