The article presents the results of literature research and the introduction of innovative ways of growing of wood species seedlings in closed root system in the forest breeding and seed production center in the Saby forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan. A high survival rate of seedlings, grown in closed root system, was determined in the conditions of the Republic of Tatarstan in reforestation and protective plants creation, compared with seedlings, grown in opened root system in the forest nurseries.

Nowadays, the forest policy in the field of forest management and husbandry in the Russian Federation is aimed at the possibility of wood realization, produced by different forest owners. The solution of this sharp problem in the Republic of Tatarstan is more associated with the launch of the plant in Elabuga for the production of resin-bonded chipboard, which served as a stimulus for action by the Ministry of Forestry, and it became necessary to make optimal computational wood-cutting area and placement volumes of storage for forest districts of Tatarstan. The article discusses: the structure of forest stands by groups of tree species and age groups of the Republic of Tatarstan as of 01.01.2016; the distribution of forest by age class; the allocation of forest areas of the the Republic of Tatarstan by dominant species in the period from 1940 to 2016.

The article presents the results of research, devoted to the selection of trees and shrubs assortment for protective afforestation in the Republic of Tatarstan. The selection is based on the analysis of soil and climatic conditions of the region.