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To carry out a full-fledged national inventory of forests necessary changes in legislation and financing-Volodymyr Bondar

The development of the system of timber-accounting works, i.e. forestry orders, and the introduction of works on the national Inventory of Forests is one of the priorities of the State forestry. This was emphasized by deputy head of the state agency of Forestry Resources Volodymyr Bondar during a discussion on the national inventory of forests of Ukraine.

The event was organized by the German-Ukrainian agro-political dialogue.

He emphasized that without reliable and complete information about the basic characteristics of forests and their condition it is impossible to plan and perform forestry activity on the basis of balanced development.

According to Volodymyr Bondar, along with traditional forests in the last ten years, the state forestry had already taken steps to introduce forest inventory using statistical methods. "Due to lack of budget funds planned work on the national inventory of forests were terminated",-stated deputy head of the department.

However, he noted that the Agency continues to seek opportunities, including international, to introduce the national inventory of forests of Ukraine.

We are thankful to the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany for understanding and support in this regard. At first glance, success in the preparatory work on the introduction of the national inventory is modest, but I want to assure that in case of allocation of necessary funding for field work, next year, we have the necessary normative Support for the beginning of works,-said Volodymyr Bondar.

Deputy head of State forestry added that not only financing but also legislative changes needed for high-quality, professional and full-fledged national inventory of forests.

"We are very hopeful that the people's deputies will have time to approve changes to the forest code of Ukraine and simplify the normative chain of the inventory, but since the forest code of Ukraine provides for the necessity to ensure Forest inventory as such, carrying out inventory statistical methods is legally possible,-said Vladimir Bondar.

According to experts ' estimation for the beginning of national inventory of Forests of Ukraine in 2019 it is necessary almost UAH 11.5 mln.

Among other participants of the event were parliamentary Secretary of State for the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany Michael Schtubgen, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and food of Ukraine on issues of European integration Olha Troemtseva, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural resources of Ukraine Vasyl Poliko and others.

Recall that the Parliament has registered a draft law on amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine to ensure efficient forestry and strengthening forest protection (registry. № 8241).

The draft law envisages amendments to the Forest Code of Ukraine, which will ensure the implementation of the national inventory of forests. This, in turn, will allow the state authorities and society to provide statistically informed information about quantitative and qualitative indexes of the state and dynamics of forests in the State, their resource capacity for the needs of public administration, Strategic planning of forestry, the State Forestry cadastre, monitoring the environment, international reporting on forests with the help of selective inventory Mathematic-stthematic method.