The 11th St. Petersburg International Forestry Forum was held in St. Petersburg on October 6-9, 2009. The Organizing Committee of the Forum was headed by the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District. The Forum was officially supported by the Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation, the Committee on Natural Resources of the RF State Duma, the Forestry Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Unated Nations (FAO UN), RAO Bumprom, All-Russia Public Organisation BUSINESS RUSSIA, leading national and foreign industrial associations and unions. Over 1200 delegates from 12 countries and 58 regions of Russia took part in the Forum.

St. Petersburg International Forestry Forum exhibition features advanced technologies, equipment and tool for forestry, primary and advanced woodworking, furniture production and wooden housing construction.