From June 1, Ukraine will launch an electronic logging ticket and a certificate of wood origin. Yuriy Bolokhovets, the general director of the “Lisy Ukrainy” [Forests of Ukraine – ed.] State Enterprise, reported this on Facebook.
“The government adopted a resolution on launching an electronic logging ticket and a certificate of wood origin. Our State Forestry Agency team worked on these changes for two years,” the company notes.
As Bolokhovets emphasizes, the changes will take effect on June 1.
According to the head of the state-owned enterprise, with the introduction of the e-logging ticket, the risks of corruption will be minimized, which was sufficient during the existence of the paper version of the document.
An electronic ticket will be issued for each individual plot where logging is planned and will contain information on all types of deforestation. Its effect will apply to all forest users.
The “Lisy Ukrainy” State Enterprise shall also commit to utilizing this service.
E-logging tickets will be automatically entered on the Forestry Innovation and Analytical Center State Enterprise site map and in the electronic wood accounting system, creating a single electronic database.
Bolokhovets emphasized that the logging ticket and the certificate of wood origin will be available online.