Forest resource security in Ukraine: assessment and provision

Larysa Cherchyk,Artur Cherchyk

doi:10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.08

Larysa Cherchyk, Artur Cherchyk

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https://doi.org/10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.08

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Abstract

The activities of forestry enterprises suffer from ecological and economic conflicts of interest that are long- and short-term in nature. As a result, productive forest stands are depleted and forest ecosystem sustainability is reduced. Therefore, this article is aimed at justifying recommendations to evaluate and ensure forest resource security. The article also defines the essence of forest resource security as qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the forest fund that ensure the desired level of economic efficiency of the forestry subject to rational use of forest resources, maintaining the quality of the forest ecosystem and performing all other functions of the forest.Based on the functional and process approach, the methodology of forest-resource safety assessment has been developed, which considers main features of forestry activities and provides for the definition of an integral index of forest resource security as the sum of three groups of indices. The methodology was tested in the context of four forestry enterprises of Volyn and Rivne regions (Ukraine). The results reveal a high level of forest resource security. However, the study identified many problems and, on that basis, the proposals were made to improve forestry practical activities. The results obtained can be considered as the basis for developing environmental policy and taking current and strategic management decisions to ensure the sustainable development of forestry enterprises.

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Environmental crisis phenomena have currently become global, having a negative impact on the living standards and leading to degradation of ecosystems. This situation requires a revision of contemporary management principles and transition to the sustainable development principles. This is especially true for forestry enterprises, which are viewed as the complex dynamic ecosystems, the long-term economic efficiency of which is mostly determined by the enterprise’s environmental policy and the implementation of principles of sustainable and reproducible forest management
In contrast to the approaches considered plemented in forest resource security components (Antonenko, 2008; Artyushok, 2012; Dovbnya & such as: forest management endurance; rates of Gichova, 2008; Hliebov, 2008; Koval, 2012; Lytsur, natural and artificial reforestation; logging vol2010; Mishenina, 2010 et al.), this study focuses on umes; forest structure by species composition and the effective functioning of forestry enterprises, maturity; rational use of forest resources; volumes for which the following indicators are important and effectiveness of forest protection activities. to ensure their forest resource security: available volumes of forest resources; their placement con- This study develops and deepens the authors’ ditions; use accessibility; qualitative indicators approaches to assessing the ecological and eco(age and species structure); opportunities for re- nomic security of forestry enterprises
Functional and process approach was used to identify local indicators of forest resource security. According to this forest resource security assessment covers the main processes of forest resources exploitation, forest restoration and forest protection activities

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Introduction

Environmental crisis phenomena have currently become global, having a negative impact on the living standards and leading to degradation of ecosystems. This situation requires a revision of contemporary management principles and transition to the sustainable development principles. Logging activation leads to negative consequences in the forest ecosystems of the Carpathians; besides, the ecological situation in the Polissia region deteriorates. Under such conditions, assessing and ensuring the forest resource security of forestry enterprises are topical questions, which should be considered as the preconditions for the sustainable development of forestry

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