Assessment of the effectiveness of forest use in the Republic of Tatarstan

¹ Tatmelioratsia Open Joint-Stock Company, 420073 Kazan, Russia
² Volga state technological University, 400005 Volgograd, Russia
³ Kazan state agricultural University, 420015 Kazan, Russia
⁴ Sabinskoe Forestry, 422062 Sabinskiy district, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

^* Corresponding author: aigulsafina@yandex.ru

Abstract

As a result of the research work, the structure of the organization of forestry management in the Russian Federation and its constituent entities, acting following the new forest code of the Russian Federation in 2006, was studied. Assessment of the effectiveness of the use of forests in the republic, a multiple correlation analysis was applied. As a result, it was revealed that in the Republic of Tatarstan, the primary income for the use of forests is accounted for by timber harvesting, the bulk of which is accounted for by the use of coniferous forest areas – 81 %, soft-leaved, and hard-leaved forests accounted for 14 % and 5 %, respectively. Taking into account the share of exploitable forests for the receipt of payments from the lease of forest plots for all types of use (harvesting and collection of non-timber forest resources; hunting; farming; recreational activities; geological exploration of mineral resources; development of mineral deposits; construction, reconstruction and operation of communication lines, roads, pipelines and other linear facilities; payment for the conversion of forest land to non-forest land and the transfer of forest land to lands of other categories) in the Republic of Tatarstan, the structure of forests by farms affects, and on the contribution to payments by type of use, soft-leaved farming brings 78 %, hard-leaved 12 % and coniferous 10 %.