Challenges of Forest Management Digitalization

In the context of the digitalization of public relations in the law enforcement practice of forest management digital transformation, organizational and legal problems arise: a lack of up-to-date information about forest plots, which complicates the process of registration and use of forest lands; the problem of ensuring the transparency, relevance, and accessibility of information about forest plots, and users’ difficulties in issuing forest inventory documentation; the absence of complete information about the possibility of constructing residential buildings for farmers on agricultural land; and the problem of restrictions on the use of forest plots for recreational purposes and domestic tourism in forests. The purpose of the research is to identify methods for increasing the efficiency of forest inventory documentation and optimizing the provision of public services related to forest management. Methods: the formal legal method makes it possible to study legal norms governing the process of obtaining and using forest inventory documentation in order to further apply information in the National Spatial Data System; the comparative law method allows to compare the use of digital technologies in various national systems of state forest management. Result: The article concludes that the regulatory framework for maintaining the state forest registry and conducting state forest inventory is inefficient and fragmented. It highlights the necessity of creating integrated databases for forest management and utilization, which should be synchronized with databases of other digital registries, including the National Spatial Data System. The authors propose to develop more detailed mechanisms and procedures for the formation and registration of newly formed forest plots.