ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: DEVELOPING A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS Edited by I.P. Soloviy and W.S. Keeton Ukrainian National Forestry University Press, Lviv © Ihor P. Soloviy and William S. Keeton © Ukrainian National Forestry University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Ukrainian National Forestry University Press Gen. Chuprynky 103 Lviv 79057 Ukraine E-mail: [email protected] Ecological economics and sustainable forest management: developing a transdisciplinary approach for the Carpathian Mountains. Edited by I.P. Soloviy, W.S. Keeton. – Lviv : Ukrainian National Forestry University Press, Liga-Pres, 2009. − 432 p. – Statistics: fig. 28, tables 67 , bibliography 686 . The modern scientific conceptions and approaches of ecological economics and sustainable forestry are presented in the book. The attention is given especially to the possibility of the integration of these concepts towards solving the real ecological and economic problems of mountain territories and its sustainable development. The ways of sustainability of forest sector approaching have been proposed using the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains as a case study. The book will be a useful source for scientists and experts in the field of forest and environmental policies, forest economics and management, as well as for the broad nature conservation publicity. Printed and bound in Ukraine by Omelchenko V. G. LTD Kozelnytska 4, Lviv, Ukraine, phone + 38 0322 98 0380 ISBN 978-966-397-109-0 ЕКОЛОГІЧНА ЕКОНОМІКА ТА МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ СТАЛОГО ЛІСОВОГО ГОСПОДАРСТВА: РОЗВИТОК ТРАНСДИСЦИПЛІНАРНОГО ПІДХОДУ ДО КАРПАТСЬКИХ ГІР За науковою редакцією І. П. Соловія та В. С. Кітона Редакційно-видавничий відділ Національного лісотехнічного університету України Львів – 2009 ББК 65.28: 43 E45 УДК 630*6: 504(477.8) Екологічна економіка та менеджмент сталого лісового господарст- ва: розвиток трансдисциплінарного підходу до Карпатських гір // за ред. І.П. Соловія, В.С. Кітона. Монографія – Львів : РВВ НЛТУ України, Видав- ництво ТзоВ "Ліга-Прес", 2009. – 432 с. : іл. 28, табл. 67, бібліогр. 686. У монографії, підготованій міжнародним авторським колективом, роз- крито сучасні наукові концепції та підходи екологічної економіки та сталого лісового господарства. Особливу увагу звернено на можливості інтегрування цих концепцій у контексті вирішення еколого-економічних проблем гірських територій. Обґрунтовано шляхи досягнення сталого розвитку лісового госпо- дарства в умовах Українських Карпат. Рецензенти: доктор економічних наук, професор І. М. Грабинський доктор економічних наук, професор А. М. Сохнич доктор економічних наук, професор Ю.І. Стадницький Рекомендовано до друку Вченою радою Національного лісотехнічного університету України ISBN 978-966-397-109-0 © І. П. Соловій, 2009 © В. С. Кітон, 2009 © НЛТУ України, 2009 5 Contents Contributors .......................................................................................................... 13 List of figures and tables ..................................................................................... 17 Acknowledgements.............................................................................................. 20 Preface Myron Stachiw..................................................................................................... 21 Introduction Yuriy Tunytsya..................................................................................................... 23 Part I ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY 1. Ecological economics: creating a sustainable and desirable future Robert Costanza .................................................................................................. 29 2. Ecological economics and sustainable forest management Joshua Farley...................................................................................................... 40 3. Transdisciplinary paths towards sustainability: new approaches for integrating research, education and policy Joshua Farley, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska, Lyudmyla Maksymiv............................... 55 4. Methodological approaches to ecological economic system efficiency evaluation Yuriy Tunytsya..................................................................................................... 70 5. Transdisciplinary approach to sustainability: new models and possibilities Lidiya Hryniv....................................................................................................... 85 6. Peculiarities and perspectives for greening of international economy development Ion Dubovych ...................................................................................................... 96 6 Part II INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS: PROBLEMS AND PPORTUNITIES 7. Sustainable forest management alternatives for the Carpathian mountain region: providing a broad array of ecosystem services William Keeton, Sarah Crow ............................................................................ 109 8. Forest sector of Ukraine in the 21st century: state of art, scenarios, and policy for sustainable development Ihor Synyakevych, Ihor Soloviy, Anatoliy Deyneka .......................................... 127 9. Traditional knowledge for sustainable management of forest landscapes in Europe's east and west Per Angelstam, Marine Elbakidze..................................................................... 151 10. Afforestation for Multiple purposes: a focus on Ukraine Maria Nijnik, Arie Oskam, Albert Nijnik .......................................................... 163 11. Practical Economics of forest ecosystem management: the case of the Ukrainian Carpathians Lloyd Irland, Evgeniia Kremenetska ................................................................ 180 12. Forest stand dynamics and close to nature forestry Mykola Chernyavskyy ....................................................................................... 201 13. Opportunities and challenges in promoting sustainable timber harvesting in the Ukrainian Carpathians Bohdan Mahura, Yurij Bihun, Anatoliy Deyneka ............................................. 219 14. Understanding the hurdles to sustainable forest management through FSC forest certification in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyshyn, Ivan Pecher ................................................................ 232 15. Estimation of forest ecosystems stability Igor Neyko ......................................................................................................... 242 16. Classification of functions associated with European beech plain forests in the context of sustainable forest management Stepan Myklush ................................................................................................. 253 17. Challenges and opportunities for the sustainable development of forest management on private lands in Ukraine Lloyd Irland, Sergiy Zibtsev, Pavlo Popovich, Yurij Bihun.............................. 261 18. Terms and principles of sustainable forest resource use based on a historical review Alexander Adamovsky ....................................................................................... 265 7 Part III EXPANDING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY 20. Forest resource planning for people – with people: two-level planning for sustainable natural resource management Hilmar Foellmi, Raphael Schwitter .................................................................. 276 20. Challenges of Carpathians' forest resources economic valuation and their integration in forest enterprises' accounting and reporting Ludmyla Maksymiv............................................................................................ 290 21. Role of traditional village systems for sustainable forest landscapes: a case study in the Ukrainian Carpathian mountains Marine Elbakidze, Per Angelstam..................................................................... 302 22. Ecological economic principles of integrated process management for forestry and agriculture Eugeniy Mishenin, Inessa Yarovaya ................................................................. 318 23. Discovering values and stakeholders' preferences regarding forest ecosystem services Lyudmyla Zahvoyska, Tetyana Bas................................................................... 333 25. Analysis of forestry professionals' attitudes towards SFM paradigm implementation Ihor Soloviy, Mariana Dushna.......................................................................... 349 25. Assessment of non-wood resources value for local communities' development in the Carpathians Pavlo Kravets, Petro Lakyda ............................................................................ 370 26. Convention on the protection of the Alps and convention on the protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians: comparative analysis Anna Storozhuk ................................................................................................. 377 27. Sustainable Forest Management From Policy to Practice, and Back Again: Landscapes as Laboratories for Knowledge Production and Learning in the Carpathian Mountains Per Angelstam, Marine Elbakidze, Johan Törnblom, Robert Axelsson............ 390 8 9 Зміст Вступ