scholarly journals A Statistical Study of the Forestry in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Т. V. Kobylynska ◽  
N. Yu. Huseva
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agency ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
State Taxation ◽  
Legal Entities

The article is devoted to the analysis of the forestry in Ukraine as the reference point for further development of the framework for constructing the national forest account allowing for a description of interactions between economic activities and forests as a nature environment, and for consistent and comprehensive integration of environmental and economic problems in this field. The study covers the existing statistical definitions, classifications and the available statistical information about the forest, selected forestry indicators for Ukraine, the existing sources of data for the analysis of forestry, with proposing the necessary steps for further applications of forest accounting tools, in order to construct the forest account.   It is pointed out that the forestry is represented by two large groups of institutional units: physical persons or groups of physical persons in form of households; legal entities, established and operated in keeping with the law, irrespective of what persons or entities may be their owners or managers. The main categories of legal entities are corporations, non-commercial organizations, and public administration bodies.   It is determined that the main sources of data about the forest fund and forest resources of Ukraine are as follows: (i) statistical information based on the data from enterprises, obtained from official statistical observations of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine; (ii) administrative data based on the data from enterprises, obtained by public administration bodies (The State Service of Ukraine on Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, the State Custom Service, the State Taxation Service) as part of functional responsibilities; (iii) the data of the national inventory of forests, obtained by the authorized bodies. The latest official data of the national forest inventory for Ukraine are available as of January 01, 2011, but these data have not been published yet in a proper manner.    It is demonstrated that the official statistics cover a limited set of statistical data about the forestry due to the institutional constraints. A dynamic and structural analysis of the forest lands is explored, with outlining the main problems related with improving methodological approaches to the formation of the forestry statistics. The analysis allowed for determining the main areas of improvements in the forestry accounting and coming up with propositions of necessary steps to solve the problems of statistical studies of this industry.

scholarly journals A multi-purpose National Forest Inventory in Bangladesh: design, operationalisation and key results

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matieu Henry ◽  
Zaheer Iqbal ◽  
Kristofer Johnson ◽  
Mariam Akhter ◽  
Liam Costello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Land Cover Map

Abstract Background National forest inventory and forest monitoring systems are more important than ever considering continued global degradation of trees and forests. These systems are especially important in a country like Bangladesh, which is characterised by a large population density, climate change vulnerability and dependence on natural resources. With the aim of supporting the Government’s actions towards sustainable forest management through reliable information, the Bangladesh Forest Inventory (BFI) was designed and implemented through three components: biophysical inventory, socio-economic survey and remote sensing-based land cover mapping. This article documents the approach undertaken by the Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to establish the BFI as a multipurpose, efficient, accurate and replicable national forest assessment. The design, operationalization and some key results of the process are presented. Methods The BFI takes advantage of the latest and most well-accepted technological and methodological approaches. Importantly, it was designed through a collaborative process which drew from the experience and knowledge of multiple national and international entities. Overall, 1781 field plots were visited, 6400 households were surveyed, and a national land cover map for the year 2015 was produced. Innovative technological enhancements include a semi-automated segmentation approach for developing the wall-to-wall land cover map, an object-based national land characterisation system, consistent estimates between sample-based and mapped land cover areas, use of mobile apps for tree species identification and data collection, and use of differential global positioning system for referencing plot centres. Results Seven criteria, and multiple associated indicators, were developed for monitoring progress towards sustainable forest management goals, informing management decisions, and national and international reporting needs. A wide range of biophysical and socioeconomic data were collected, and in some cases integrated, for estimating the indicators. Conclusions The BFI is a new information source tool for helping guide Bangladesh towards a sustainable future. Reliable information on the status of tree and forest resources, as well as land use, empowers evidence-based decision making across multiple stakeholders and at different levels for protecting natural resources. The integrated socio-economic data collected provides information about the interactions between people and their tree and forest resources, and the valuation of ecosystem services. The BFI is designed to be a permanent assessment of these resources, and future data collection will enable monitoring of trends against the current baseline. However, additional institutional support as well as continuation of collaboration among national partners is crucial for sustaining the BFI process in future.

RENOVATION OF THE FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN TERMS OF THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE MARKET ENVIRONMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
Olga Gamzina
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Market Environment ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Forest Use

The article considers modern transformations of forestry in Ukraine, including the specifics of its integration into the market environment. It is shown that the currently formed model of forest use has led to a continuous reduction of forest resources and deterioration of the quality of their structure. It is essential to revise the current model, including the forest management system. Currently, more than two thirds of the country's forest resources are available to the State Forest Resources Agency. However, due to the gradual transfer of the entire forest resource sector to market mechanisms of work, it is necessary to provide in advance to ensure its restoration, as well as the implementation of the most acceptable format of private forest use. The main result of the study is a conceptual vision of the new management structure. Due to the fact that in the future forestry will become more and more dependent on the private sector, the new management model should include exactly those tools that will be appropriate in market conditions. Currently, the State Agency for Forest Resources of Ukraine has very limited tools for such influence. The agency, when transferring the site for use, can only control the final result. However, the actual effectiveness of such control remains extremely low. In conditions when the bulk of wood will belong to private companies, it will be problematic to establish systematic monitoring in the country. That is why an effective economic and environmental mechanism of this type of control should be created in advance. Also, the transfer of forest use in the country requires early regulation of all production stages. That is, without such regulation it will be impossible to ensure proper compliance with the law. The introduction of market mechanisms for forest use should take place simultaneously with the introduction of comprehensive rules for the use of forest resources and the restoration of forest plantations. The main purpose of the article is to formulate the basis of a promising model of forest resources management in Ukraine. The problem is that now this area needs to be reformed and is in transition. The previous model of natural resource use in the country has led to a rapid reduction in the number of forest plantations.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF MODERN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
Naumchuk Kateryna Naumchuk Kateryna
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government

For several years in a row, Ukraine has been on the path of active democratic transformations due to a significant number of complex political, economic, environmental, and regulatory changes. Most of the transformations are due to the unwillingness of civil society to put up with situations that hinder the gradual development of all spheres of activity. Unfortunately, the leading positions are occupied by problems related to corruption in the public sector, which is one of the inhibiting factors in the implementation of state programs, reforms, and innovations. Their influence reduces the level of public confidence in the government, as well as contributes to the deterioration of the country's position at the level of international cooperation. Such actions lead to the development of crisis phenomena in sociopolitical and economic activities, reduces the level of national security and social protection of citizens. The presence of crisis phenomena leads to the need to make changes in the functioning of the most necessary industries such as health care facilities, educational services, state-owned enterprises, and industry. The phenomenon of corruption has a negative impact on the country's competitiveness, on its ability to fully meet the needs of its own citizens, which creates distrust not only of ordinary citizens but also of entrepreneurs. Based on this, identifying and preventing the influence of the main factors influencing the development of the anti-corruption policy of the state is quite relevant and important for solving the problems that have covered the activities of our country. In the course of the research, the approaches to understanding the essence of anti-corruption policy were generalized, measures were identified and priority areas for combating corruption were identified. It was found that the functioning of the process of democratic transformation in combating corruption contributes to the creation of a non-corrupt environment that promotes the progressive development of the country. Keywords: Corruption, corrupt activities, state anti-corruption policy, anti-corruption activities, public administration, public administration, public authorities.

scholarly journals Aspects On The Importance Of Electronic Processing Of Information In Calculating The Profit Tax

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-378
Author(s):  
Miranda Petronella Vlad ◽  
Mariana Rodica Ţîrlea
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Total Revenue ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Tax Returns ◽  
Electronic Processing ◽  
Legal Entities

Abstract The profit, according to the definition given in the Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian language (Dex), represents a “gain” obtained in a given period of time by taxpayers, legal entities and individuals, while the total revenue achieved by economic activities performed in order to obtain income, are greater than the costs incurred to obtain the respective income. According to the regulations in effect, this gain is subject to taxation by applying a rate of 16% on the tax base. The resulted amount, represents the income tax, sum which once listed and submitted with a tax return to the tax institution, becomes a tax receivable which the state is entitled to collect. A special importance in determining the tax base for income tax calculation, it represented by a correct electronic processing of accounting data for obtaining information in order to determine the correct amounts owed to the state and the electronic preparation and submission of tax returns.

Applications of the United States Forest Inventory and Analysis dataset: a review and future directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1251-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade T. Tinkham ◽  
Patrick R. Mahoney ◽  
Andrew T. Hudak ◽  
Grant M. Domke ◽  
Mike J. Falkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Forest Inventory ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Permanent Plots ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Forest Inventory And Analysis ◽  
Research Areas

The United States Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program has been monitoring national forest resources in the United States for over 80 years; presented here is a synthesis of research applications for FIA data. A review of over 180 publications that directly utilize FIA data is broken down into broad categories of application and further organized by methodologies and niche research areas. The FIA program provides the most comprehensive forest database currently available, with permanent plots distributed across all forested lands and ownerships in the United States and plot histories dating back to the early 1930s. While the data can be incredibly powerful, users need to understand the spatial resolution of ground-based plots and the nature of the FIA plot coordinate system must be applied correctly. As the need for accurate assessments of national forest resources continues to be a global priority, particularly related to carbon dynamics and climate impacts, such national forest inventories will continue to be an important source of information on the status of and trends in these ecosystems. The advantages and limitations of FIA’s national forest inventory data are highlighted, and suggestions for further expansion of the FIA program are provided.

scholarly journals EFFICIENCY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROTECTION: THEORETICAL ASPECTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 174-178
Author(s):  
O. M. Pravotorova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Legal Entities

In the article, the key aspects of the effectiveness of administrative and legal protection are researched on the basis of current legislation and opinions on this issue of scholars in the field of administrative law. The author notes that administrative-legal protection is an institution of administrative law consisting of uniform rules of administrative law whose legal effect is directed at the prevention of offenses (crime prevention) and the restoration of violated rights, freedoms and legal interests of individuals and juridical persons carried out for using administrative tools – forms of administrative activity of public administration, administrative coercion and administrative enforcement. The steady development of social relations in administrative law, the improvement of modern technologies, as well as the formation of an information society, could not but affect the state of efficiency of modern administrative and legal protection. The author states that the effectiveness of administrative and legal protection is an integral part of the theory and practice of such protection. Effectiveness of administrative and legal protection is the ability of public administration based on the norms of administrative law to qualitatively and timely restore violated rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of non-authorized individuals and legal entities, public interest of the state and society. Four levels of effectiveness of administrative and legal protection have been formed: sufficient, when the tasks of the public administration in restoration of violated rights of non-authorized persons are generally fulfilled in the normative-legal acts; insufficient, characterized by frequent cases of non-renewal of violated rights and freedoms of man and citizen, but not characterized by systematic; crisis, when there are systematic violations of rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities, they do not receive from the state through the indirect activity of the public administration of protection, and dissatisfaction of citizens acquires a significant social weighty protest; is ineffective when the violated rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities are practically not restored, and the law-enforcement system is full of corruption, while the norms of administrative-legal protection change their humane and fair essence and themselves become factors of the destabilization of social relations. It is concluded that administrative-legal protection exists through a system of administrative-legal norms, and at the same time it is proved that it can not, from the point of view of epistemology of law, exist in such narrow limits as the state determines, it reflects objective social relations, protects the most important values, Which during this period of time may not yet find the formal registration in the sources of administrative law, is provided on the basis of administrative law and simultaneously governed by the norms of administrative law, which will establish not only the state, although it primarily. Four levels of effectiveness of administrative and legal protection have been formed: sufficient, when the tasks of public administration set forth in normative legal acts in relation to the restoration of violated rights of non-authorities as a whole are fulfilled; insufficient, characterized by non-isolated cases, not the restoration of violated rights and freedoms of man and citizen, but not characterized by systematic; crisis, when there are systematic violations of rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities, they do not receive protection from the state through the indirect activity of the public administration; the dissatisfaction of citizens acquires significant social protest; is ineffective when the violated rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities are practically not restored, and corruption penetrates the law-enforcement system, while the norms of administrative-legal protection change their humane and fair essence and they themselves become factors of destabilization of social relations.

scholarly journals The State of British Columbia’s Forests: A Global Comparison

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Haris R. Gilani ◽  
John L. Innes
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
Resources Assessment

The Forest Resources Assessment 2015 is a comprehensive dataset from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which provides the opportunity to explore some of the emerging topics related to sustainable forest management. This paper assesses how forests in British Columbia, Canada, compare globally on several key sustainable forest management parameters in four domains—biophysical indicators and legal framework, management plans, data management, and stakeholder involvement. The comparison was done against eight jurisdictions, namely Australia, China, Japan, the European Union, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the USA. To accomplish our objectives, country-specific data on sustainable forest management parameters were extracted from the 2015 FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). Data specific to B.C. were sourced from Canada’s National Forest Inventory, and National Forest Database. Our results showed that British Columbia (B.C.) has one of the highest proportions of land covered with forests (57%) among all jurisdictions. The total forest area in B.C. has remained stable at around 55 million ha. The current rate of deforestation (6200 ha per year) is among the lowest in all jurisdictions. Data on the extent of primary forests in B.C. is unavailable. However, 22.6 million ha (41% of B.C.′s forests) have been classified as old growth forests (using a definition unique to B.C.). B.C. is the leading provincial forest producer by volume, and produced 67.97 million m3 of roundwood in 2015. With approximately 11 billion m3 of standing timber, roundwood production volume has held steady since 1990. In British Columbia, the National Forest Inventory—British Columbia Program (NFI-B.C.) is used to track and monitor the current status of the forests. It involves both ground plots and remote sensing. The most recent B.C. State of the Forests is one of the most comprehensive reports among all jurisdictions, using 24 topic areas, with each topic comprising several indicators of sustainable forest management. We conclude that British Columbia ranks high among other jurisdictions on several key sustainable forest management parameters with legislation and forest management regimes aiming to meet the environmental, social and economic needs of current and future generations.

New estimate of growing stock volume and carbon sequestration of Russian forests based on national forest inventory and remote sensing data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Schepaschenko ◽  
Elena Moltchanova ◽  
Stanislav Fedorov ◽  
Victor Karminov ◽  
Petr Ontikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
The State ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Growing Stock ◽  
Russian Forests

<p>Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and transition to a new forest inventory system, Russia has reported (FAO, 2014) almost no changes in growing stock (+1.8%) and biomass (+0.6%). Yet remote sensing products indicate increased vegetation productivity (Guay et al., 2014), tree cover (Song et al., 2018) and above-ground biomass (Liu et al., 2015). Here, we challenge the official national statistics with a combination of recent National Forest Inventory and remote sensing data products to provide an alternative estimate of the growing stock of Russian forests and assess the relative changes in the post-Soviet era. Our estimate for the year 2014 is 118.29±1.3 10<sup>9</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, which is 48% higher than the official value reported for the same year in the State Forest Register. The difference is explained by increased biomass density in forested areas (+39%) and larger forest area estimates (+9%). Using the last Soviet Union report (1988) as a reference, Russian forests have accumulated 1163×10<sup>6</sup> m<sup>3</sup> yr<sup>-1</sup> of growing stock between 1988–2014, which compensates for forest growing stock losses in tropical countries (FAO FRA, 2015). Our estimate of the growing stock of managed forests is 94.2 10<sup>9</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, which corresponds to sequestration of 354 Tg C yr<sup>-1</sup> in live biomass over 1988–2014, or 47% higher than reported in the National Greenhouse Gases Inventory (National Inventory Report, 2020).</p><p>Acknowledgement: The research plots data collection was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences (no. АААА-А18-118052590019-7), and the ground data pre-processing were financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-77-30015).</p>

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