Our research is based on the processing and territorial interpretation
of statistical data from the Busk Forestry Enterprise. Based on these data, we
constructed and analyzed maps showing species composition, age structure, and
wood stock across different forestry districts. The following characteristic
features of the region's forestry were identified: uneven forest cover in the
studied area, significant fragmentation of the forest fund in the southern part
of the forestry's activity zone, the location of large forested areas in the
northwestern part of the forestry, dominance of species such as pine, oak, and
alder, slight increase in forest cover in certain areas due to the creation of
pine plantations on non-agricultural lands, and the active expansion of black
alder forests on waterlogged pastures.
The aim of the proposed study is to conduct a geospatial
examination of the species composition, age structure, and economic use of the
Busk Forestry Enterprise's forest plantations, as well as a retrospective
geographical assessment of the forestry territory formation. The practical
importance of the research increases in the context of land resource management
in newly created communities. The spatial aspects we have developed will also
be useful for forestry workers both in the process of consolidating forestry enterprises
and in the formation of new forest plantations.
The research was conducted using cartographic materials from
different periods, allowing us to trace the development of typical forested
areas from the late 18th century to the present. We employed the method of
temporal cross-sections and a diachronic approach. The study includes fragments
of cartographic materials for key areas.
We examined the division of the forest fund by categories and
established that the largest portion of the Busk Forestry Enterprise's forest
fund is occupied by operational forests. Protective forests account for 1.5% of
the total forest area in the studied region. Forest availability for the
population in the Krasnensky territorial community averages 0.12 hectares per person,
while in the Busk community, it is 0.61 hectares per person.
Author(s)
Details
Bohdan
Havryshok
Faculty of Geography, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National
Pedagogical University, Ternopil, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa St., Ukraine.
Miroslav
Syvyi
Faculty of Geography, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National
Pedagogical University, Ternopil, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa St., Ukraine.
Petro
Demyanchuk
Faculty of Geography, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National
Pedagogical University, Ternopil, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa St., Ukraine.
Victoria
Hrytsyshyn
Faculty of Geography, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National
Pedagogical University, Ternopil, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa St., Ukraine.
Myroslava
Pytuliak
Faculty of Geography, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National
Pedagogical University, Ternopil, 2 Maxyma Kryvonosa St., Ukraine.
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https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/raeges/v8/1487|
