CONTRIBUTION OF RESEARCHERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY OF THE NAS OF UKRAINE IN THE FIELD OF NATURE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The purpose of the article is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the research results of the Institute of Geography of NASU on the problems of environmental management and sustainable development as well as to identify the priority and most relevant areas for further developments in this area. The paper considers research which has been carried out in the Institute’s departments since its foundation through development of a significant number of methodologies and their application. A chronological analysis of the results of the Institute of Geography’s developments in the field of environmental management and sustainable development has been carried out. Their interconnection and priority of the areas on which the developments were focused in accordance with the needs to respond to the challenges and most pressing risks in different years, taking into account the impact of internal and external factors have been highlighted. The novelty of the work is determined by the analysis of the developments of the Institute of Geography on the study of the consequences of Russian aggression for the population, economy and nature of Ukraine and its regions, the possibilities of overcoming them to ensure the country’s further progress on the basis of sustainable (balanced) development. It is emphasized that the results of the Institute’s research on the issues of rational nature management and sustainable development have been widely used in the work of the central executive authorities of Ukraine, ministries in particular the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, other ministries and agencies, regional state administrations, etc. The analysis of the results of the Institute’s research on improving the methodology of landscape planning and strategic environmental assessment indicates the pioneering nature of the relevant research in Ukraine. The novelty of the work is also determined by the analysis of developments on the study of the consequences of Russian aggression for the population, economy and nature of Ukraine and its regions, as well as the possibilities of overcoming them to ensure the country’s further progress on the basis of sustainable (balanced) development.