Problems and prospects of the organization and felling in Belarusian forests
It is shown that in Belarus the annual volume of timber harvesting for the main use is about 11 mil- lion. m3, and by 2030 this value will increase to 14 million m3. The main logger in Belarus is the Ministry of Forestry. Lespromkhozes concern «Bellesbumprom» cut down no more than 2.5 million. Cubic meters of wood. Therefore, the rationalization of timber harvesting on the main using in order to minimize its cost is relevant and important task. The Ministry of Forestry of Belarus in the last 10-15 years has upgraded its enterprises, taking a course on machine logging. In the forestry enterprises of Belarus has about 160 harvesters, and in 2016 this park filled up another 140 harvesters for thinnings. In order to improve the organization of harvesting the main use in all forest enterprises in Belarus by the end of 2015 will be created lesopunkts. This will release the forest from logging and will fully focus on the process of forest growing in its broadest sense. The article analyzes the advantages of different types of main use: its own forestry enterprises, work on services, the implementation of standing timber. The advantages of the organization harvesting «in services» and describes the factors that prevent this. In the medium term work «in services» to reach a total volume of 20-30% of the harvest. It is proved that for timber can be the most profit- able sale of standing timber. Today, due to the imperfections of the sale of standing timber (low price, uncertainty with payment, etc.) leskhozes refuse sales of standing timber. Therefore, we propose a new release system of standing timber, which will be the most profitable.