Strategic guidelines for the development of forest industry of Ukraine in the post-war period

Abstract

This research presents the peculiarities of the formation of a modern strategy for the development of forest industry in Ukraine. It was determined that the implementation of strategic management in the postwar period should be based on ensuring the balance of forest use. In order to increase the role of forest resources in the share of national wealth, it is necessary to move to such a model of forest use, which would ensure the proper profit of forest enterprises in a unified relationship, minimize the destructive impact on forest resources, and also ensure the appropriate level of environmental and economic security for the state. A comprehensive scientific assessment of the institutional aspects of economic relations in the context of the existing vector and conditions of development of the forestry industry of Ukraine, including the strategic guidelines approved by the State Forest Management Strategy until 2035, was carried out. The modern features of forest use caused by military operations in Ukraine are revealed. And the algorithm of their further development at different levels of the economic hierarchy is also substantiated. Conceptual approaches to the post-war management of forest resources of Ukraine in the conditions of climatic changes observed in recent decades, as well as in accordance with modern climate-oriented strategies in the world, approved at the summit in Glasgow in 2021, are outlined. Attention is paid to ways of counteracting the destructive impact of climate change on the forestry complex, as well as to the problematic issues of reforestation technologies, afforestation and forest care in order to adapt them to modern climate changes. It has been proven that the main task of state policy in the field of forest resource management is to ensure effective and proper protection, balanced use and formation of forest reproduction mechanisms, as well as the availability of appropriate tools. It was also noted that at the local levels, the implementation of the approved strategy for the development of forestry requires a comprehensive approach to individual areas of innovative activity in the forestry industry. It was found that the appropriate level of implementation of the set of specified measures creates favorable conditions for the effective implementation of the provisions of the approved normative legal acts regarding the use and reproduction of forests in Ukraine.