Policy and strategy of sustainable management of the forests in Belarus

Abstract

In connection with the introduction of a strategic plan for the development of the forestry sector in Belarus for the period 2015 to 2030, the article focuses on the policy issues, strategies, and methods of forest management and forest sector of the state on the basis of the criteria of sustainable management, in accordance with the national stra tegy of sustainable socio-econom ic development of Belarus until 2020. The priorities of achieving public interest use and reproduction of forest resources are the main points of the policy and strategy of increasing the efficient use of forest resources, land use, and natural resource management. The author gives a gap analysis of species composition, age structure, forest road network, and the use of forest resources. The ma in concepts are the forest sector, agricultural, and forestry land use. The effi ciency of the forestry sector, strategic management decisions are in the implementation of the criteria for sustainable management, the network of model forests of Belarus, forestry financing, investment strategy, biofuels, and personnel policy.