ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE STATE OF THE FOREST FUND OF THE KIVERTSIV FOREST DISTRICT

Abstract

The current state of environmental security in Ukraine and the world requires a rethinking of approaches to the use of natural resources, in particular, forest resources. Forests play an extremely important role in stabilizing the climate, preserving biodiversity, water protection, recreation, and in supporting sustainable economic development. In the context of global warming, increasing anthropogenic pressure on the environment, and increasing the frequency of natural disasters, the problem of effective management of forest resources, preservation and restoration of forest ecosystems is of particular importance.The relevance of the research topic is due to a number of contradictions: on the one hand, the economic benefits from forest use stimulate intensive timber exploitation, on the other hand, the environmental consequences of excessive logging cause forest degradation, soil erosion, reduction of moisture reserves, etc. Despite the development of many regulatory documents, the issues of ecological balance of forest use remain insufficiently studied in the applied context of individual enterprises. Local analysis of the forest fund taking into account the dynamics of felling, reforestation and zoning by functional purpose is not sufficiently covered in the scientific literature. The work conducted a study of the structure and ecological parameters of forest resources of the Kivertsi Forestry Department of the Polissya Forest Office branch of the State Specialized Economic Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine", and an analysis of forestry management in the studied region was carried out.Structured data on the dynamics of the forest fund by categories of forest plots, division of areas and stocks of stands of the dominant species of Scots pine and Scots oak by age classes.