The emphasis of Russian regions forest potential realization: Efficiency and sustainable development

Abstract

In the modern world, Russia is the main "environmental donor", ensuring sustainability of the biosphere. Sustainable development of Russia and its regions is connected with the realization of forest potential. From ecological and economic position it is one of the fundamental components of the regional space, regardless of the forest area level of Russian region. Among the modern priorities of the Russian public administration is the efficiency of the timber industry complex (TIC) and the capacity of forestry. These aspects retain their long-term importance at the national level, with the strengthening of regional (subnational) emphasis: the impact of the forest sector on the regional situation and the socio-economic situation of most regions. The current economic practice shows the importance of combining the criterion of efficiency with the criterion of sustainable development for the realization-development of Russian regions forest potential. The author's interpretation of the forest potential as a set of two main functions of the forest, distributed over time - socio-economic and socio-natural, allows achieving this goal. The author's method of constructing an integral indicator of sustainable development of Russian regions forest potential is presented. The analysis of results of opportunities and threats combination is carried out; types of regions are identified. Problems of using the method of integral indices are indicated. The research uses methods of theoretical and empirical analysis, statistical, regional, strategic, content analysis, indicative, index methods, method of grouping, statistical clusters, verbal modeling, typology, logical and content analysis.