In the Belgorod region will become two thousand hectares of oaks more. A project to create oak trees "Oak forests BELOGORIYA" discussed at the meeting of the "small" governments in the region, reports the press service of the regional administration.

Under the programme by 2017 on the territory of the Belgorod region should plant at least 2 hectares of oaks. To create the groves are going at the expense of protective plantings on lands not used for agriculture. Pedunculate oak is the main forest-forming species in the region.

Currently the average forest cover in the area is 9%. Most - Shebekino, Stary Oskol and Krasnogvardeysky districts, and lowest in Vejdelevskogo, Valuysky and Prokhorovka areas.

In October 2015 in Belgorod region was founded geoglyph consisting of English oak and seedlings of coniferous trees. The planting area of letters was 6.5 hectares, and its total area is 15 hectares will Comprise a geoglyph in the village Pokrovo-Mikhaylovka.