THE PRACTICE OF USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF FOREST LANDS

Abstract

The article describes the main methods used in the practice of assessing forest lands, discusses the prospects for the introduction of modern information technologies in the field of forest management. The importance of creating a unified information base is determined, which will greatly facilitate the monitoring of the forest land assessment process. Special attention is paid to the existing models of digital information processing and obtaining the necessary result much faster and of better quality than using classical calculation methods. The discounted value of rental income is used as a criterion for assessing forest lands in the article. This approach is considered the main one based on the long cycle of creating marketable products in forestry, since it allows taking into account all changes in the amount of income over time. The forest fund of the Russian Federation is a combination of forests, forest and non-forest lands with a total area of more than 1100 million hectares, which makes up more than 70% of the entire land and is one of the main types of national economy. The territories of the forest fund are unevenly distributed, depending on climatic and anthropogenic factors. All the listed characteristics of the forest fund of the Russian Federation necessitate the introduction of the latest digital technologies for their timely accounting and qualitative assessment, which will allow them to be used most efficiently.