FOREST RESOURCES AS A BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL FOREST COMPLEXES
This article discusses the issues of assessment, use and classification of forest resources in a theoretical and practical way (on the example of several subjects of the Russian Federation). Forest resources, at the same time, are taken into account in this article as the most important factor that ensures the attraction of investments in the forest complexes of Russian regions. As part of the study, by reviewing the literature, the main theoretical provisions regarding forest resources and the opinions of various scientists on the role of forest resources for the economy were considered. For the Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk, Tambov and Lipetsk regions, a quantitative analysis of data on concluded lease agreements for the use of forests for various types of forest management was carried out. The result of the study is the confirmation of the thesis that the availability of forest resources makes it possible to attract more tenants for the forests using, and, consequently, to increase revenues from the forests using to the budget system of the Russian Federation, which, in turn, ensures an increase in government spending on forestry and conservation of forest resources. Established priority directions of forest using for the regions of the Central Chernozem area, such as recreational activities, forest climate projects, organization of harvesting and collection of non-wood forest resources, medicinal plants.