Current climatic changes are a threat to effective development of forestry under the modern economic conditions, which is aggravated by increase of anthropogenic stress in the sphere of forest use. Formation of strategies of well-balanced development of forestry supposes not only analysis of popular methodological approaches but formation of organizational mechanism for managing this sphere, the realization of which is aimed at preventive elimination of emerging threats. Provision of well-balanced development of economic system is viewed from the positions of the theory of management. The authors substantiate the use of complex approach which takes into account tendencies of functioning of forest sector, as a constant process of using forest resources, their preservation and renewal. Complexity will provide the study of the managed subsystem of forest complex (forestry) as totality, consisting of separate interconnected spheres of activities which possess their own functions and goals, with ordered and interconnected activities. Preventive approach will ensure timely revelation of key problems and threats to provision of well-balanced development of forest complex. Reflection will allow choosing the most effective instrumentarium for prevention (levelling) of emerging threats on the basis of existing experience. Balance of development is viewed as a feature peculiar for all structural components of economic system. It is advisable to distinguish the following factors which influence well-balanced development of region: group of natural and ecological, socio-political, economic, and social factors. Key components of provision of well-balanced development of economic system (forestry) could be presented from the positions of study, firstly, of managing and managed subsystems ; secondly, from the position of subsystem of forecasting, monitoring, identification, and evening-out of threats to well-balanced development.

The article considers the use of scientific infrastructure as an element of international scientific cooperation. The authors analyze a European approach that was developed in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program. The authors examined the current large international infrastructure projects with Russian participation and proposed their typology. The article outlines the specifics and prospects for the development of scientific infrastructure, proposes optimal forms of scientific cooperation, and makes some suggestions on the use of international scientific cooperation as an instrument for solving tasks related to the foreign policy of Russia.