SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: CURRENT SITUATION AND CERTAIN CHALLENGES OF THE FOREST SECTOR OF MONGOLIA

Abstract

A primary goal of the article is to explore the theoretical understanding of sustainable forest management and empirical result of the Mongolian forest sector in regarding to institutional regulatory framework, and human resource capacity. The article also provides a discussion of improvement possibilities of forest sector of Mongolia. In the framework of sustainable forest management forest management planning, implementing and controlling procedure shall focus on social, environment and economic pillars tends to meet needs of present and future generations of the nations. Also, forest sector human resource shall tend to sustainability as well as in policy, employment and educational level.

A mixed research design that incorporated qualitative data and quantitative data was used in this study. Interviews and questionnaires were completed public officials, forest user groups’ employees and private companies’ employees which are responsible for forest planting, afforestation, restoration, nursery, thinning and cleaning.  Goal and main focus of the state policy on forest sector of Mongolia, coherence of the public organizations in charge of forestry and forest management in Mongolia, success factors and shortcomings are determined in the discussion part.  Human resource capacity shall be provided in all policy, employment and educational manners as well.