Objectives of the project

The activities of forestry enterprises will be assessed according to the Helsinki criteria of sustainable development.

To assess the economic effect of the ecosystem functions artificial forest stands based on the calculation of bio-productivity and energy potential.

To determine priority strategic directions of forest ecosystems in the Steppe zone according to the sustainable development principles.

To develop a system of recommendations to authorized state bodies for making management decisions on effective use of artificial forest stands based on the results obtained for calculating the cost of their ecosystem services.

Key words: Forest plantation; function of forest stands; forest management; sustainable development

Multidisciplinary research team composition:

Victoriia Lovynska – main coordinator, PhD, Department of Forestry, Park and Garden Management, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro

Svitlana Sytnyk – co-researcher, PhD, Department of Forestry, Park and Garden Management, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro

Natalia Dubrova – co-researcher, PhD, Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro

Vladyslava Rudakova – Master degree student, Faculty of Accounting and Finance, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipro

Hynek Roubík – co-researcher, Assoc. Prof., Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague

Zbyněk Polesný – co-researcher, PhD, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague

Anastasiia Suska  co-researcher, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of forestry, wood processing technologies and land management, State Biotechnology University, Kharkiv

Karina Kolomoytseva – executor, student of the Faculty of Water Engineering and Ecology, specialty 183 “Environmental Protection Technologies” at the Dnieper State Agrarian and Economic University. E-mail: Ik636959@gmail.com

Alexey Rudakov – executor, student of the Faculty of Water Engineering and Ecology, specialty 192 “Construction and Civil Engineering” at the Dnieper State Agrarian and Economic University. E-mail: rudakov.alek2002@gmail.com