ECOSYSTEM ASSETS OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES: BASIS AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ASSESSMENT. Review of the book: Veklych O.O., Boyko Ye.O., Kolmakova V.M., Patoka I.V. Applied theory of territorial communities’ ecosystem assets assessment. O.O.Veklych (Ed.)

Abstract

In the review of the monograph "Applied theory of assessment of territorial communities’ ecosystem assets" by the team of authors under the general editorship of O.O. Veklych, its relevance is emphasized, first of all, in connection with the destruction of Ukrainian economy and ecosystems as a result of the full-scale military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. It is noted that this is the first Ukrainian book in which ecosystem assets are studied. The novelty of the study lies in the expansion of the ecosystem assets problem at the level of local communities, namely in the aspects of their assessment, in particular the analytical applied algorithm and methodology for calculating the value of ecosystem assets. The practical significance of the developed approach is due to the creation, based on the results of the assessment, of consultation and information basis for the real implementation of ecosystem services in the practice of management decision making and implementation within the scope of the functioning and development of territorial communities.