Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the forestry in Ukraine as the reference point for further development of the framework for constructing the national forest account allowing for a description of interactions between economic activities and forests as a nature environment, and for consistent and comprehensive integration of environmental and economic problems in this field. The study covers the existing statistical definitions, classifications and the available statistical information about the forest, selected forestry indicators for Ukraine, the existing sources of data for the analysis of forestry, with proposing the necessary steps for further applications of forest accounting tools, in order to construct the forest account. 
 It is pointed out that the forestry is represented by two large groups of institutional units: physical persons or groups of physical persons in form of households; legal entities, established and operated in keeping with the law, irrespective of what persons or entities may be their owners or managers. The main categories of legal entities are corporations, non-commercial organizations, and public administration bodies. 
 It is determined that the main sources of data about the forest fund and forest resources of Ukraine are as follows: (i) statistical information based on the data from enterprises, obtained from official statistical observations of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine; (ii) administrative data based on the data from enterprises, obtained by public administration bodies (The State Service of Ukraine on Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, the State Custom Service, the State Taxation Service) as part of functional responsibilities; (iii) the data of the national inventory of forests, obtained by the authorized bodies. The latest official data of the national forest inventory for Ukraine are available as of January 01, 2011, but these data have not been published yet in a proper manner. 
 It is demonstrated that the official statistics cover a limited set of statistical data about the forestry due to the institutional constraints. A dynamic and structural analysis of the forest lands is explored, with outlining the main problems related with improving methodological approaches to the formation of the forestry statistics. The analysis allowed for determining the main areas of improvements in the forestry accounting and coming up with propositions of necessary steps to solve the problems of statistical studies of this industry.
Highlights
It is demonstrated that the official statistics cover a limited set of statistical data about the forestry due to the institutional constraints
The description of the section 3.1.1 “Forest Statistics and Accounts” of the above mentioned compendium shows that the countries of EU and the European Free Trade Association supply annual data on the output and trade of wood and wood products on the basis of the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) [3], which provides the guidelines for the European Economic Commission, UN, the Food and Agricultural Organization, Eurostat and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) at the global scale
The capacity of the domestic market of forest products is an important economic indicator showing how the domestic forestry sector is developed in comparison with other countries, and the forest products in Ukraine offers can alternative option for the development of the national wood industry
Summary
The article is devoted to the analysis of the forestry in Ukraine as the reference point for further development of the framework for constructing the national forest account allowing for a description of interactions between economic activities and forests as a nature environment, and for consistent and comprehensive integration of environmental and economic problems in this field. The analysis allowed for determining the main areas of improvements in the forestry accounting and coming up with propositions of necessary steps to solve the problems of statistical studies of this industry. To have the provisions of the Agreement implemented, Ukraine needs to meet, as soon as possible, the requirements for collection and aggregation of the data on the Ukrainian wood exports in keeping with European questionnaires, and to use European approaches to the forest accounting. The article’s objective is to conduct monitoring of the main forestry indicators in Ukraine, to outline the problems of accounting and statistical studies of forests, and to find their solutions
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