Open AccessCurrent challenges for sustainable forestry management in Ukraine: production, taxation and investments issues
Author(s) -
O. Furdychko,
O. Drebot,
O. Yaremko,
Volodymyr Bondar,
M. Vysochanska,
L. Sakharnatska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
law, business and sustainability herald
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2787-9356
DOI - 10.46489/lbsh.2021-1-2-5
Subject(s) - ecoforestry , reforestation , sustainability , forestry , business , community forestry , investment (military) , forest management , wood production , production (economics) , sustainable development , forest ecology , afforestation , sustainable forest management , environmental resource management , natural resource economics , economics , forest restoration , ecosystem , politics , geography , political science , ecology , macroeconomics , law , biology
Ukraine's forestry has been experiencing systemic political, economic, social, and environmental problems for many years. This article aims to find new ways to balance production, taxation, and forestry investment to ensure sustainable development. We sought answers to three main questions: Does the modern mechanism of state regulation and forestry financing in Ukraine meet sustainability requirements? What changes will the critical problems of forest ecosystems arise in Ukraine in the long run? What are the prospects for the development of investment in forestry in Ukraine? To answer these questions, we conducted exploratory analyses of taxation and investment in forestry management. Then, we developed a multifactorial forecasting model to predict forest ecosystems' restoration state by 2035. Using the model, we characterized the relationship between ecological and economic factors for reforestation in the border regions of Ukraine. Finally, we analyzed the coefficients of forest capacity, yield and dynamics of afforestation. According to the results, we proposed: 1) to separate the functions of standard-setting and forest inventory from the function of forest land management; 2) to separate the function of economic activity and control over the implementation of forestry development plans; 3) to stimulate public control and increase effective monitoring of anthropogenic load, forest use and rehabilitation; 4) to improve the organizational and institutional management mechanism as a component of forest production which is the key to improving the forestry sustainability.