EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE IN FOREST CADASTRE MANAGEMENT: PROSPECTS FOR UKRAINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31734/architecture2023.24.157Keywords:
forestry, forest lands, land for forestry purposes, forestry fund, forestry corporationsAbstract
The proposed study aims to analyze the management of European forests through rational forest cadastre management. In the current conditions of increasing anthropogenic pressure on land and forest resources, low forest cover growth, decreasing land productivity, uncontrolled mass deforestation, and development of forest land for construction, it has become crucial to ensure the rational use and protection of forest land. Private ownership of forestry land is prevalent in European Union (UA) member-states, resulting in a positive impact on the environmental and economic situation. Actually, private entities, communities, farms, and forestry corporations own the majority of European forests.
It is studied that the reasons of the area increase in private forest lands primarily include self-afforestation of inefficient agricultural lands, particularly in mountainous areas, where it is a problem to conduct farming. It is determined that the volume of forestry products has increased to UAH 13774.6 million, although this indicator is the lowest in Ukraine as compared to other EU member states. According to estimates, Ukraine takes the last position by the correlation of the volume of forest industry production and forest area. Ukraine harvests 157.54 m3 of wood from 1 hectare of forest area suitable for commercial production, which is half of the EU member states' ratio. Forestry is the primary type of land use in EU member states with high forest cover and low agricultural land use. The analysis of the data on distribution of agricultural lands by the form of ownership proves the fact that in the countries of the European Union having large area of forests most of the area in private property.
The article highlights European expertise of forest cadastre and describes the leading practice in Finland, Sweden, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovak Republic and Austria. These countries have large area of forests and good experience of managing them that can be applied in Ukraine.
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