The Institute of Forest offers consumers services for radiological monitoring of soils, forest products, including medicinal plant materials, mushrooms and berries, natural birch sap, natural honey, etc., under a manufacturing agreement and is looking for partners to conclude a distribution services agreement.

The Laboratory of the Institute of Forest of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus "provides services to all interested organizations and individuals in the following areas:
- sampling, determination of the content of cesium-137, strontium-90: soil;
- sampling, determination of the content of cesium-137: forest products (Christmas trees, wood, branches, branches; sawn timber, blanks for the manufacture of wood products and parts; medicinal plant materials; mushrooms and berries, natural birch sap, natural honey);
- determination of the content of cesium-137: wood, products from wood and wood materials and other non-food forestry products; food products, incl. forestry products (mushrooms and berries, natural birch sap, natural honey); agricultural raw materials and feed (milk, grain, hay, straw, haylage, silage, root crops, mixed fodder, green mass);
- determination of the content of strontium-90: wood, products from wood and wood materials and other forestry products (mushrooms and berries, natural birch sap, natural honey);
- environmental objects: equivalent dose rate of gamma radiation; surface beta contamination.

To perform these works, the laboratory has a license No. 02300/2225-2 for the right to carry out activities related to the control of radioactive contamination (issued by the Department for the Elimination of Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster), and an accreditation certificate No. VU/112 02.1.0.0949 (issued by the BSCA). The laboratory meets the criteria of the Accreditation System of the Republic of Belarus and is accredited for compliance with the requirements of STB ISO/IEC 17025-2007.
The purpose of the laboratory quality policy is to carry out test work in accordance with the requirements of interstate and state standards to ensure the safety of radiation products from forestry and agriculture for the protection of human health and life.
The main tasks in the field of quality are:
- ensuring the uniformity of measurements in accordance with established methods;
- Obtaining objective and reliable test results;
- meeting customer requirements;
- ensuring unconditional confidence in the results of the work performed by the laboratory;
- continuous maintenance at the proper level and improvement of the management system.
Successful achievement of the set goals and objectives is carried out:
- ensuring the technical competence of the laboratory personnel in the provision of services in accordance with the requirements of STB ISO/IEC 17025-2007;
- obligatory observance of measurement procedures with ensuring the unity, quality and reliability of tests (measurements) conducted by the laboratory when providing services to customers;
- continuous improvement of the technical, professional and organizational level of the tests;
- increasing the economic efficiency of the laboratory through the rational use of human, technical, economic and organizational resources;
- protecting the interests of the Customer by strictly observing the confidentiality of information relating to the results of tests conducted by the laboratory.

The Institute sells its works (services) at free prices (tariffs), and in cases provided for by law - at prices and tariffs regulated by the state.

The Institute of Forest of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is the only specialized research institution that provides a modern scientific, technical and innovative level of development of the country's forestry.

The Institute of Forest has a well-equipped material, technical and instrumental base that ensures the conduct of research work at a modern scientific and methodological level.

The Institute carries out active scientific cooperation with research institutes and higher educational institutions of the CIS countries and far abroad.

Pilot testing of scientific and technical developments of the institute is carried out at its three experimental forest bases: Dvinskaya, Zhornovskaya and Korenevskaya.

Field of activities:
- study of the genetic, physiological and bio-chemical mechanisms for the formation of forest productivity and sustainability;
- improvement of the scientific foundations of reproduction, rational use and protection of forest resources;
- development of technologies for sustainable forest management and forest utilization;
- development of technologies for forest regeneration on a genetic and selective basis, increasing their productivity, environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation;
- development of methods, means and technologies for forest protection from fires and pests;
- development of methods and technologies for rehabilitation of man-impacted forest areas; development of methods and technologies for protection and reproduction of non-timber forest products, the use of biotechnology for industry, agriculture, medicine and environmental protection.

The normative-technical base of the Republic of Belarus for forestry was developed by the institute or with its participation.

Consumers interested in purchasing services for radiological monitoring of soils, forest products, including medicinal plant materials, mushrooms and berries, natural birch sap, natural honey, etc., under a manufacturing agreement.

Partners interested in purchasing services for radiological monitoring of soils, forest products, including medicinal plant materials, mushrooms and berries, natural birch sap, natural honey, etc., under a distribution services agreement.