MONITORING OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF THE FOREST RESOUCES OF THE BRANCH “RAFALIV FORESTRY” OF THE STATE ENTERPRISE “FORESTS OF UKRAINE”

Abstract

Forestry has always played an important role in the development of regions. Forest resources are one of the key natural resources used to meet material, recreational and cultural needs. Forests are an important climatic element, a living filter of our planet. Thanks to its ecosystem, the forest directly affects the climate, water quality, availability of clean air, soil and agricultural land protection. Forest conservation is aimed at ensuring the stability of ecological processes in the regions and optimizing disturbed natural ecosystems, at preserving the gene pool of rare plant species and associations, as well as animal life, at developing and improving the recreational use of territories. The scientific study of the structure of territories and their location and role in the natural resource potential is important and stems from their special value as environment-forming and naturecreating natural complexes with a high level of landscape and biological diversity. It is possible to solve this multifaceted problem of environmental protection only on the basis of long-term environmental research, study of quantitative and qualitative changes in the structure of natural ecosystems and their components. In the work, a study of the structure and ecological parameters of the forest fund of the Branch “Rafaliv Forestry” of the State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” was carried out, an analysis of the organization and management of forestry in the territory of the studied region was carried out, an assessment of the reproduction and protection of the company’s forests was carried out. Structured data and dynamics of the main statistical characteristics of the economic activity of forestry in relation to the rational use and further reproduction of the forest fund and forest reserves, afforestation, preservation and improvement of their sanitary, hygienic, protective and aesthetic functions.