Implementation of the Concept of Sustainable Development in Forest Management

Abstract

The research examined the principles of the concept of sustainable forest management in order to create highly productive, cost-effective forest systems, preserve biological diversity and useful functions of forest systems, fulfill the socio-ecological, and economic requirements for the use of natural resources. The analysis of the state of forest systems management revealed the lack of a coherent forest policy, a sharp decline in the quality of management at this stage of development. It is necessary to implement the principles of sustainable forest management applying the scientific and technological achievements in the industry. It has been proved that the primary condition for moving towards the sustainable development of forestry is forest inventory, forest management based on scientific and technical solutions, ground and aerospace monitoring of forest and forest resources, and use of digital technologies. For this, it is necessary to control the management of the forest industry at all levels including final results. The study assessed the implementation of the concept of sustainable development of forestry in Russia as a whole and in the Irkutsk region.