II. Translate the sentences into Russian. 1. The Russian Federation possesses about a fourth of all the world forest resources

1. The Russian Federation possesses about a fourth of all the world forest resources. 2. Coniferous forests with pine, spruce, larch, cedar and fir dominate. 3. A conifer is a tree with needlelike leaves that bears seeds in cones. 4. Oak, beech, birch, poplar, aspen are the most common deciduous species. 5. A forest is usually defined as a plant association, mainly of trees or other woody vegetation, occupying an area of land. 6. The term ‘ forest’ is often applied to an economic unit of operating area too. 7. A forest of trees of a similar age and composition is called ‘ a stand ’. 8. The stand may be composed of a single species making a pure stand or of several associated species, which form a mixed forest. 9. Forests are a renewable resource, which can yield annual crops of wood in perpetuity. 10. Logging can pose a threat to the biodiversity of forests. 11. Forests give us wood and other valuable raw materials and are vital to our biosphere. 12. Sustainable forest management involves sustaining a wide range of ecological processes through which plants, animals, microorganisms, soil, water and air interact. 13. Forests maintain the chemical balance of soil, air and water, stabilize the climate, recycle nutrients, break down pollutants, clean the air and water. 14. Forestry in our country is a large and independent industry, a significant branch of our national economy. 15. Modern forestry concerns itself with assisting forests to provide timber as raw material for the forest industry. 16. We have to keep account of forests and reforestation, we generally regulate and control state forest reserves. 17. GI technologies are widely employed to provide data for our forestry and forest industry. 18. Much work is being done in the field of fire prevention, in pest and disease control. 19. There are more than 10,000 tree nurseries, which supply foresters with billions of trees annually.