Economic justification of new technological solutions for reforestation of burnt areas in the central forest-steppe of the Russian Federation

In the presented study, we conducted a feasibility study of the costs of implementing new carbon-saving technological solutions for reforestation of burnt areas, ensuring accelerated and effective restoration of lands damaged by forest fires. An analysis of existing practices of reforestation on burnt areas allowed us to conclude that there are technological solutions that negatively affect the carbon balance, contributing to additional carbon emissions from the soil, when its structure is destroyed. This state of affairs predetermines the need to modernize existing forestry technologies in the direction of reducing emissions and increasing the absorption of greenhouse gases in order to solve the problems of low-carbon development of the country. New technological solutions for reforestation of burnt areas in the central forest-steppe of the Russian Federation were scientifically substantiated, for each phase of the work a scientific justification was given for the machine system, standard costs for the implementation of activities in order to achieve the indicators of the Strategy for the Socioeconomic Development of the Russian Federation with a low level of greenhouse gas emissions. It has been established that the modernization of technological solutions for forest reproduction in the place of burnt areas will be carried out by increasing the number of agricultural techniques and using high-performance and expensive equipment necessary to improve the survival rate of plants and preserve carbon in soils. It has been determined that the project carbon-saving technologies for creating forest crops on burnt areas are distinguished by a higher level of costs compared to the basic technology for creating plantations on forest fund lands. This circumstance will require adjustments to strategic forest planning documents and the attraction of additional funds.