Forest management role in providing ecosystem services has been studied. The state and main indicators of forest management in the Carpathian region have been analyzed. It has been substantiated that mountain forests provide a wider range of ecosystem services, since they make a greater contribution to the regulation of protective (water and soil protection) functions of forests, and in combination with other natural factors are more attractive from the point of view of providing recreational services. It is expected that the use of a wide range of ecosystem services will not only provide additional value to the forests, but also provide other economic benefits, including diversification of economic activities, creation of additional job places, and development of local infrastructure. The impact of different approaches to forest management and forestuse on the possibilities of using ecosystem services has been determined. It has been concluded that to provide a wide range of ecosystem services in the Carpathian region, the optimal combination is extensive logging, which is based mainly on a system of selective felling, and the preservation of a large part of forests to perform environmental conservation functions; while intensive forest exploitation significantly limits the possibilities of ecosystem services provision. The maximum range of ecosystem services can be effectively satisfied in the forests, which are part of numerous nature conservation areas situated in the Carpathian region. The key areas of ecosystem services development and their dependence on the resource potential and condition of forests are substantiated too.
Author Biography
Volodymyr Kovalyshyn, Lviv State University of Physical Culture after Ivan Boberskyy
Candidate of Economics (Ph.D.), Associate Professor
