o:7698 INNOVATIVE APPROACHE TO FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS CONCEPT IN FORESTRY en The world and Europe face interlinked challenges that will intensify in the coming decades: increasing demand for food, water, materials and energy while mitigating and adapting to climate change and reversing environmental degradation, including biodiversity loss, nutrient emissions and land degradation. Although forest resources in Serbia are an important resource for economic growth, especially in rural areas, the traditional approach to their management and utilization is still predominant. This approach is characterized by its reliance on timber as the primary forest product, while other forest products are largely neglected and their economic valuation is often non-existent. In addition, a certain amount of wood biomass is left in the forest even though it could be economically exploited or offered to the market with minimal investment in infrastructure and technological solutions that would allow it to be used more effectively. Tackling these major challenges while promoting social, economic and environmental prosperity requires an innovative approach. Continuous transfer of know-how methods, capacity building in the field of forest management through the application of GIS and remote sensing technologies, climate smart forestry and the concept of circular bioeconomy is a possible way to improve the current situation in forestry and achieve some of the sustainable development goals. forest, environment protection, knowledge transfer, innovative approach, sustainability 1552102 10.5937/IMCSM25 1552099 10.5937/IMCSM25193B 1552100 978-86-6305-150-8 2025-05-26T12:42:35.360Z 44 yes 46 Ljiljana Brašanac-Bosanac 0000-0002-3324-674X 46 Aleksandar Valjarević 0000-0003-2997-2164 46 Uroš Durlević 0000-0003-3497-5239 46 Milorad Šolević 0009-0002-7935-0558 46 Tatjana Ćirković-Mitrović 0000-0003-2620-1751 application/pdf 850008 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:7698 no yes 1 70 1552253 2025 XXI International May Conference on Strategic Management – IMCSM25 Proceedings 193 204 Univerzitet u Beogradu, Tehnički fakultet, Bor 2025