UDC 33.018
DOI: 10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2023.09.01.011
Authors
Vladimir V. Kirey,
Olga I. Morozova,
Mytishchi Branch of the Moscow State Technical University
named after N. E. Bauman, Mytishchi, Russia
Abstract
Economic activities related to changes in the state of forest ecosystems due to the growing demand
for forest resources are one of the main factors in the deterioration of forest ecosystems and a decrease in the cost of natural capital. Forest ecosystems are an essential source of ecosystem services, which are the
most important element of natural assets.
The purpose of review is to consider economic methods for assessing non-market services of forest
ecosystems. The author describes methods for estimating the cost of forest ecosystem services based on
the paradigm of sustainable development and welfare. With the increasing use of public goods (ecosystem
services), there is a need for a better assessment of the role that forest ecosystems play in the conservation
and enhancement of natural capital.
Forest ecosystems represent a number of intangible values: scientific, cultural, religious, and also represent
a heritage that can be passed on to future generations. Given the importance of forest ecosystems in
sustaining sustainable development, non-market forest ecosystem services are of much greater value than
the profits that forest users receive from timber harvesting. The feasibility of assessing the ecosystem services
of forest ecosystems plays a role.
The feasibility of assessing ecosystem services of forest ecosystems plays a crucial role in obtaining
knowledge for policy development, management of forest ecosystems and spatial planning.
Keywords
ecosystem service, flow, natural capital, non-market, method, economic valuation.
