IUCN's Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme (TBFP), which is part of the broader IUCN Forest Conservation Programme, has identified Russia as a top priority for the development of a country-level program to promote conservation and sustainable forest management initiatives in temperate and boreal countries. As a result, a series of four participatory workshops were held across the country, examining the Russian Far East, Siberia, and European Russia. A synthesis meeting at the national level followed these regional workshops and participants were asked to reflect on three strategic questions: what needs to change to address the issues; what opportunities exist for influencing that change; what partnerships need to be developed to bring about this change? The results of the workshops were synthesized and recommendations and strategies produced to address each of the priority issues