UDC 338.1:630.6(477.8); JEL Q23, Q58, R11
Kovalyshyn, V. R. (2025). Ekoloho-ekonomichni aspekty transformatsiyi lisopromyslovoho kompleksu Karpats'koho rehionu [Environmental and economic aspects of transformation of the forestry complex in the Carpathian region]. In Sotsial'no-ekonomichni problemy suchasnoho periodu Ukrayiny [Socio-Economic Problems of the Modern Period of Ukraine]: Vol. 172 (2) (pp. 61-67). DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/2071-4653-2025-2-8 [in Ukrainian].
Sources: 10

Authors



Kovalyshyn Volodymyr Romanovych

Ph.D. of Economics, Associate Professor

Associate Professor of the Department of sports tourism of the Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky; Doctoral Postgraduate of the Department of regional ecological policy and environmental management of the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine

Contacts: v_kovalyshyn@yahoo.com

Webpages:

Resume

The article considers current issues of development of the forestry complex in the Carpathian region and its role in supporting local socio-economic systems. The transformation processes in the forestry complex of the Carpathian region have caused significant changes in approaches to forest management and the wood market functioning. The stages of transformation of the forestry complex and its current state are analyzed considering such indicators as the number of business entities involved, the number of employees and the volume of forestry products sold. The article shows, in particular, that in the period 2019-2023, the number of business entities and the number of people employed by them had a gradual tendency to decrease, with a significant drop of individual indicators in 2023, which was caused primarily by such factors as full-scale hostilities on the territory of Ukraine that impacted the processes of mobilization and migration of the workforce, as well as the reforming and optimizing the forestry management system in Ukraine, and changes in the market of unprocessed roundwood. At the same time, during this period, an increase in product sales was observed, which was primarily caused by a significant increase in prices for forestry products. The research made it possible to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the forestry complex of the Carpathian region, which are worth highlighting at the current stage, as well as the main risks and opportunities. The important role of forestry in supporting the local economy and its place in the formation of the strategy for the socio-economic development of the Carpathian region are substantiated. The main environmental threats associated with the intensification of forest use are identified and the need to consider the environmental component in the process of forest use for the needs of the local economy and compliance with the requirements for environmental safety is emphasized. Ways to solve these problems are proposed, which consist in finding compromises between positive and negative trends in the development of the forestry sector, strengthening state and public control in the implementation of regional forest and environmental policy, involving a wide range of stakeholders in the processes of decision-making, and strengthening ecological safety of the region.

Keywords:

forest complex, regional development, impact, socio-economic systems, environmental safety

References


1. Suska, A. A. (2018). Instytutsionalizatsiya lisovoho sektora ekonomiky Ukrayiny v konteksti rynku sotsial’no-ekolohichnykh posluh [Institutionalization of the forest sector of the economy of Ukraine in the context of the market of social and environmental services]. Dr.Sci. in Econ. Dissertation, Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after V. V. Dokuchaev, Kharkiv, Ukraine. [in Ukrainian].
2. Kolbasin, Ye. S., & Filatova, T. A. (2023). Stan i tendentsiyi rozvytku lisopromyslovoho kompleksu Ukrayiny u dovoyennyy period [The State and Tendencies in the Development of the Forestry Industry Complex of Ukraine in the Pre-War Period]. Problemy ekonomiky – The Problems of Economy, 4(58), 70-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-0712-2023-4-70-81 [in Ukrainian].
3. Hayda Yu. I., & Kuzyk, I. V. (2021). Lisopromyslovyy kompleks Ukrayiny: suchasnyy stan ta dominanty rozvytku [Forest industry complex of Ukraine: current state and dominants of development]. Efektyvna ekonomika – Effective Economy, 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32702/2307-2105-2021.3.5 [in Ukrainian].
4. Mashika, H. V. (2017). Innovatsiyni pidkhody do suspil’no-heohrafichnoho doslidzhennya ta efektyvnoho vykorystannya hospodars’koho potentsialu Karpats’koho rehionu [Innovative approaches to socio-geographical research and effective use of the economic potential of the Carpathian region]. Visnyk Kharkivs’koho natsional’noho universytetu imeni V. N. Karazina. Seriya: Heolohiya. Heohrafiya Ekolohiya – Bulletin of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series:Geology. Geography. Ecology, 47, 122-132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2410-7360-2017-47-16 [in Ukrainian].
5. Deyneka, A. M. (2010). Metodolohiya upravlinnya lisovym hospodarstvom na ekolo-ekonomichnyh zasadakh [Methodology of forest management on ecological and economic principles]. Dr.Sci. in Econ. Thesis, National Forestry University of Ukraine, Lviv. [in Ukrainian].
6. Slava, S. S., & Puhinska, V. V. (2021). Strukturno-dynamichni tendentsiyi rozvytku lisohospodars’koho sektoru Zakarpats’koyi oblasti [Structural and dynamic trends in the development of the forest sector of the Zakarpatska oblast]. Rehional’na ekonomika – Regional Economy, 100(2), 83-90. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2021-2-8. [in Ukrainian].
7. Ishchuk S. I., & Hladkyy, O. V. (2011). Heohrafiya promyslovykh kompleksiv [Geography of industrial complexes]: Textbook. Kyiv: Knowledge. [in Ukrainian].
8. Deyaki pytannya reformuvannya upravlinnya lisovoyi haluzi [Some issues of forest management reform] (2022). Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, adopted on 2022, Sep 07, 1003. Legislation of Ukraine: Website. Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1003-2022-%D0%BF#Text [in Ukrainian].
9. Kovalyshyn, V. R. (2023). Analiz reformy lisovoho hospodarstva Ukrayiny v konteksti zmitsnennya ekolohichno bezpechnoyi ekonomiky derzhavy [Analysis of forest management reform of Ukraine in the context of strengthening environmentally safe economics of the state]. Naukovi innovatsiyi ta peredovi tekhnolohiyi – Scientific Innovations and Advanced Technologies, 4(18), 275-287. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52058/2786-5274-2023-4(18)-275-286 [in Ukrainian].
10. Ekonomichna statystyka / Ekonomichna diyal'nist' / Diyal'nist' pidpryyemstv [Economic statistics / Economic activity / Enterprise activity] (2024). State Statistics Service of Ukraine: Website. Retrieved from https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua [in Ukrainian].