Динаміка запасу деревини в лісах України
Forestry of Ukraine: challenges and perspectives of
international collaboration Lesya Loyko
Agency for sustainable development of the Carpathian region “FORZA”
Liubov Poliakova State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine
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International conference in Zvolen, September 30-October 1, 2014
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pine 33%
oak 24%
spruce 8%
beech 7%
alder 6%
birch 6%
acacia 5%
ash 3%
hornbeam 2%
fir 1%
maple 1%
poplar, willow 1%
other 3%
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10.4 million hectares - total forest area
9.6 million hectares - forests covered area
1.8 billion m3 - growing stock
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overall annual increment 24.6 million m3
final felling, sanitary cuttings, thinning and other types of felling
timber harvesting volume - 18.0 million m3, including 7.8 million m3 from final felling in 2013
harvesting done in 2013 constituted 66 % of annual increment
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33,9 35,7 39,5 38,4 39,2
45,2
38,6 33,9
39,2 39,5 41,3 7,9 10
9,5
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24,5 21,7
31,1
26,9 22,3 18,1 14,1
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Upper- afforestation Buttom - reforestation , thou ha
from 2013 all forest enterprises are introduced to the electronic system of timber tracking
allows to define the origin of wood, follow the movement, inventory and sale of timber
effective means of combating illegal logging and increasing the efficiency of forest production through the use of modern logistics and management solutions
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15,5 14,7 12,9 13,8
12,1 10,5
8,3 10,4 9,5
7,7 7
40,2
30,4 28
24,7
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20,8 17,7
15,2 18,7
12,9 13,9
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Thou m3
Thou cases
fire protection of forests - 476 fire observation towers, incl. 226 equipped with television surveillance systems
3.6 million hectares of forest lands are covered by aerial surveillance
no large-scale forest fires
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64,30% by societies of hunters
10,50% by forest enterprises
25,20% by others users
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46 mln of ha are used as hunting grounds
620 000 hunters are registered Ukraine (1.4 % of population)
hunting permissions issued to 294 000 persons (48% of registered hunters) in 2013
illegal hunting - 4550 records of hunting rules violations (76 000 Eur of fine) in 2013
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25 museums of forest, 19 forest educational centers
20 open air recreational and educational points were created in 2013
"Forest future is in your hands“ public event with 55 000 of adults and children mass- media are involved in forest planting activities
State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine supports the introduction of the concept of close to nature forest management
promotes the more widespread use of selective felling and conversion cuts using the environmentally-sound harvesting equipment and technologies
protocol and Action Plan on sustainable forest management in the framework of Carpathian Convention
close to nature forestry should be increasingly introduced in Ukraine as it is done in European countries
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Forest resources agency 73%
Local governments (state property)
13% State agency on exclusion zone management
2%
Ministry of infrastructure
1%
Ministry of environment
2%
Other 2%
State forest lands not provided for use 7%
Forestry in Ukraine is financed from state and local budgets and means received from sale of wood, non-wood forest products and services
State financial support for forestry is limited to 15-30% in total forestry expenses
Finances are targeted to afforestation, protection of forests against fire, pests and diseases, partially the purchase of forestry equipment and construction of forest roads
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Foresters towards life long learning for better forest management
HYDROFOR: Systems of optimal forest management for enhancing the hydrological role of forests in preventing the floods in Bodrog river catchment
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Ensuring environmentally oriented and integrated management of forest resources, reduction of clearcuts, replacing them with gradual and selective cuts
Ensuring the protection of forests from fires, reduction and minimization of impacts, conservation of natural ecosystems and resource potential of forests
Increasing protection of forests from illegal logging
Implementing of effective protection of forests from pests and diseases
Increasing the number of game animals, fighting poaching
Developing the forest transport infrastructure
Ensuring the provision of raw wood to domestic producers
Elimination of the corruption in forestry
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