Sustainable forest management is one of Russia's economic problems

The world community is increasingly expressing its concern about the rational and cost-effective use of available natural resources. There is a threat of degradation of a large area of the world's forests, the loss of unique biological systems and biological diversity, and environmental degradation. This is mainly due to insufficient funding. Therefore, new approaches to financing of reforestation are required. This, in turn, requires a different approach to determining the cost of standing timber. When determining the cost of standing timber, one should take into account not only the species composition, but also the quality of tree stands (i e assortment composition), road infrastructure (remoteness from public roads and the availability of forest roads for hauling timber and by-products), soils and other factors affecting the cost of transport of forest products. Funds received from the sale of wood resources should be directed to reforestation, the creation of forest infrastructure and the solution of other social and environmental problems.