| Аннотация | The article is devoted to the forestry in Russia and Finland considered through economic
relations developing under the influence of national forest legislation and state forest management
systems. The purpose of the article is to assess the trends in the development of forest relations formed
within the framework of national forest regulations and their respective forest management mechanisms
on the example of two countries: Russia and Finland. The study is based on a system approach to forestryconsidered from an ecological and economic perspective, using subject-object, abstract and logical
methods, comparative, spatial, statistical analysis, modern theories of sustainable development, as well
as foreign and domestic experience of forest relations. The research novelty lies in revealing trends in
the development of forest economy formed under the influence of national forest legislation systems,
forest management systems taking into account population’s opinion. The ratio of organizationaladministrative
and economic methods of forest management by public authorities of the two countries
are analyzed. The economic efficiency of forest management in two countries is compared through
contrasting costs and revenues of forestry. The positive and negative trends of the Russian forest economy
since the beginning of the administrative reform in the country are analyzed. Trends in forest economy,
environment and sociology showed are more negative rather than positive. The research results can be in
demand by research institutions forecasting the development of sectoral economies, forest organizations
for building economic relations between the state, forestry business and the population. The study can be
continued in terms of assessing trends in the development of forestry as an eco-economic system with a
long manufacturing cycle, taking into account the new paradigm of thinking about the role of renewable
forest resources in human life. |