Strategic priorities of balanced development of the forest sector of Podilsk economic region

Abstract

The article presents generalized results of research on sustainable development of the forest sector. Approaches to the formation of the main priority measures in the management of the regional forest complex are substantiated. The key components of forestry complex management are analyzed. The main components of economic, environmental and social cooperation in the forest industry are considered. Priority measures for the development of the forest complex of the region to ensure balanced development are proposed. It is determined that the key stages to effective transformations in the forest sector should be coordination and cooperation between state and local forest authorities, the prospect of investment, greening of forestry production, preservation and restoration of forest plantations and unification of local communities. It is proved that in the formation of the strategy we should take into account the scale of activities, available resources, demand for their products, capacity and market segment, consumers and more. The implementation of the strategy should lead to the solution of economic, social, environmental aspects related to the development of sustainable development of the forest sector. The basis for the development of strategies is the need to move regional forest use from the actual starting point to the target. That is, it is related to the application of strategic analysis in order to determine the situation, such as: the current state of the forest sector in the general socio-ecological and economic space of the country or individual territory; external factors of space, on which the realization of the potential of forestry of the state or a certain territory depends; priority areas of balanced development of the country and the forest complex in particular. It has been determined that for effective actions of balanced development of the forest sector we need state stimulation of economic activity in the woodworking industry with added value; introduction of a new system of organization of forest protection and protection, prevention of illegal felling and circulation of illegally harvested timber; increase in carbon uptake and retention; adaptation of forests to climate change and the transition to naturefriendly methods of forestry with the formation of forests of natural composition and structure.