Digital transformation of forest fire protection measures: ecological and legal aspects

Abstract

The article discusses the legal aspects of digitalization of forestry. It is shown that the current stage of forest management reform demonstrates the need for the use of new technologies to improve and increase the efficiency of the use of forest resources and fire protection.
Today, the Russian forestry sector is in great need of digital technologies capable of generalizing large databases of analytical data needed in the system of state management and monitoring of forests. In the practice of management, digitalization is already actively entering the forest industry. The article examines the current legislative and regulatory framework that ensures the use of digital technologies in forest management and protection of forests from fires. The author has carried out a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory legal acts adopted in recent years in the field of forest protection from fires. The foreign experience in the field of activity under consideration is investigated.