Abstract
This paper presents a concept draft bill of the Federal Law “Forest Code of the Russian Federation”, which proposes some new approaches to public forest management improvement. The related questions had been discussed during scientific debates held by the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on forests in 2015–2019. The goal of the draft bill is to modernise the forest law of the Russian Federation to bring it in line with changes in the state of forests, their increasing role in climate regulation and other ecosystem services, as well as the further development of market relations in the Russian economy. The Concept Paper is based on an idea of a transition from the development of natural forests as a source of timber to the organisation of economic activities aimed at the cultivation of highly productive forest stands on available forest land. Provisions aimed at developing economic mechanisms to ensure forestry profitability in a market economy, both through forest products and ecosystem services, make up an important part of the Concept Paper. Approaches to the further development of public and private forest management, which will improve the efficiency of forest use, protection, conservation and regeneration, are outlined. Legal mechanisms for improving the public forest management system and forms of state and business participation in forest management are proposed.
Highlights
This paper presents a draft bill concept of the Federal Law "Forest Code of the Russian Federation", which proposes some new approaches to public forest management improvement
The Concept Paper is based on an idea of a transition from the use of natural forests as a source of timber to the organisation of economic activities aimed at the cultivation of highly productive forest stands on available forest land, and on understanding of importance of natural forests for conservation of biodiversity and ecological ecosystem services
Forest Science Issues, Vol 3 (3), 2020 T__h_e_m_a_t_ic__i_ss_u_e__“_F_o_r_e_s_t _p_o_li_c_y_a_n_d__fo_r_e_s_t _le_g_i_s_la_t_io_n_"_________. It is this approach to the further development of forestry and forest relations that has become the starting point for formulating provisions that form the basis of the draft bill concept of the Federal Law "Forest Code of the Russian Federation", drafted by the working group of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on forests and presented in this article by Yuri N
Summary
Based on the analysis of change in resource potential and ecological state of forests over time, and taking into account the growing needs of the society for forests forest resources and services, each country creates forest laws aimed at ensuring a balance between economic, environmental and social aspects of forestry development and forest conservation for present and future generations. Powers seem to be divided, this model still has all signs of the centralised administrative management: federal executive agencies retained almost all functions in planning, management, coordination and control over forest management (Art. 83 of the «Forest Code of the Russian Federation») In this regard, more than a decade of law enforcement practice has shown that the federal centre and regional authorities have developed significant differences in their ideas of practical ways of joint forest management, which has created a number of conflict situations resulting in economic and environmental losses. Improvement of the legal regulation of forest relations to improve the efficiency of public forest management, the formation of economic forestry mechanisms that exclude excessive state regulation and create conditions for private forestry, will increase the potential of Russian forests and ensure their rational and sustainable use in the interests of current and future generations.
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