Strategic planning in the forest sector developed timber-producing countries as a key tool for the rational use of natural resources

Vladimir Klimuk ,Г. В. Астратова ,N. K. Pryadilina

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202126504019

Abstract

The problem of rational use of resources is a priority for all mankind, which is confirmed by the presence of many national and interstate programs in the field of environmental management, resource conservation and improving the efficiency of environmental management. Forest complex play a special role in the rational use of natural resources. Forestry has a long process of reproduction, so a set of measures for the use, safety, integrity, reproduction of forests and the balance of the forest resources market conjuncture is necessary. A long-term national strategy is needed to achieve sustainable economic growth. Canada, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Belarus, and China have national strategies for the forest sector development on 10-20-50 years. The strategic planning process in the forest sector is ambiguous and controversial; it includes the coordination of different interests of actors and economic-mathematical modelling, assessment of the effectiveness of environmental management and resource management. The research objective: strategic planning analysis in the above-mentioned countries forest complex in the context of natural resources rational using. The following factors were identified: the sequence of making economically significant decisions by the State; the strengthening role of the public in the decision-making process on the forest resources rational using.

Highlights

Rational resources using is a complex process involving the utilization of natural resources in volumes and ways that ensure the harmonization of communication between human and nature, sustainable economic development, optimal application of resource and natural potential, as well as effective economic mechanisms for environmentally safe use of natural resources
In Russia, the most important issues are the practical issues of conservation of environmental values in industrial timber harvesting and planning of forest management activities taking into account the environmental characteristics of the territory
As foreign experience shows, only consolidated management and planning can ensure the effective functioning of the forest sector

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Rational resources using is a complex process involving the utilization of natural resources in volumes and ways that ensure the harmonization of communication between human and nature, sustainable economic development, optimal application of resource and natural potential, as well as effective economic mechanisms for environmentally safe use of natural resources. In this regard, the ecological and economic aspects of the forestry evolution as the leading tools for the sustainable development of the forest potential become important. Zalesov emphasizes: "The ecological aspect of sustainable forestry development involves the preservation of the environment, the biological diversity of forest ecosystems, the rational use of natural resources, the protection of the atmosphere, land, subsoil, forests, waters, the fight against desertification, the environmentally safe use of biotechnologies, etc. The economic aspect of forest management involves maintaining a balance of economic interests of the main subjects of forest relations: the State and the owner of forests, forest users, forest management bodies at all levels and the population»[4, p. 179]

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