The use of renewable energy in sustainable tourism development of the region is substantiated in the paper. There are three stages in selecting areas for projects on renewable energy sources: selection of the potentially suitable area; consideration of exclusion criteria; detailed assessment of potential areas. The impact factors on spatial constraints and the opportunities for building solar power plants, on the parameters of sustainable tourism development in the Carpathian region were determined. New research findings were obtained, the result of which was the concept and cartographic models of the environmentally safe location of renewable energy objects. New methods and methodological recommendations for the development of renewable energy in the Carpathian region were described as prospective taking into account the constraints on the parameters of environmental safety and tourist use of the territory.

Development in harmony with nature is a fundamental social paradigm, the realisation of which depends on fulfilment of basic conditions, namely preservation and restoration of the the natural environment as well as ensuring the ecologically safe functioning of ecosystems. There is a need to find a compromise between the social and economic needs of mankind and the potential of the biosphere to satisfy them. At the present stage of development of society, the tools based on economic interest are the most efficient for the effective use, preservation and restoration of ecosystem functions. The economic contributions of ecosystems are not fully taken into account in the modern economy. This is largely explained by the lack of a coherent scientific approach to defining their nature and lack of methodological tools for their economic evaluation. In this regard, the need arises for undertaking appropriate scientific research and the inclusion of ecosystem services in the activities of business entities. The concept of ecosystem services is based on the need for co-evolutionary development of environmental and economic components. There is no single approach to implementing the concept of ecosystem services that would meet the environmental conditions of every geographical site. Generalisation and systematisation of the provisions of the concept of ecosystem services, verification of the basic mechanisms and their adaptation to the legal and regulatory framework in Ukraine, examination of the conditions of ecosystems and their economic value are necessary for the implementation of the ecosystem approach in the sectors of the Ukrainian economy. The objective of the study is to characterise the progress of development and implementation of the concept of ecosystem services in Ukraine; to define and characterise the ecosystems in Ukraine that are particularly important for the provision of ecosystem services. Scientific principles and consistent patterns in the field of ecology, geography and landscape science provided the methodological basis of the study, which was based on a systematic approach. The cartographic method (based on GIS-technologies), the method of expert estimations and the statistical method were used. ArcGis and Mapinfo Professional software products as well as Google satellite images and electronic vector layers of a topographic map of Ukraine with a scale of 1:200,000 were used to calculate the area of ecosystems within landscapes and create cartographic material. Statistical and cartographic materials, reports from research institutions, regulatory and reference materials, scientific papers written by domestic and foreign scholars provided the information basis of the study. Scientific papers on the classification of ecosystems, ecosystem services and the implementation of the concept of ecosystem services in Ukraine have been analysed. The categories, size and area of ecosystems in Ukraine that are of particular importance for the provision of ecosystem services have been defined, their ecological condition has been assessed and the prevailing ecosystem services have been identified.

One of the main conditions for increasing the level of ecosystem service delivery through the prism of decentralization is in-depth analysis and monitoring of the state of ecosystems, which will allow the development of priority services on a fee basis. The article shows the influence of the integrated territorial communities (ITC) on the activities of the territorial and recreational system, which allowed to optimize the costs of recreation facilities. The classification of forest ecosystem services according to the evaluation indicators has been systematized. From a practical point of view, the model of the optimal functioning organization of the recreational object was adapted, which was preceded by the analysis of forestry, which allowed to determine the capacity of a single recreational load. The model of recreational object optimum functioning organization on the example of forestry was built, which allows to increase the recreation on the objects of recreation. A descriptive model of the recreational area, the key object of which is the complex of ecosystem services of forest located in the territory of the ITC is proposed. Its structure offers the arrangement of recreation rooms in the territory of the forestry for temporary stay, which will allow to generate income. The issue of income in the part of recreation is quite painful, since recreational places are free for recreation.

The scientific novelty presented in this paper is to substantiate the extension of the resource potential of renewable energy sources in the Carpathian region with the creation of a set of maps in the geographic information system “Map Info”. For each type of renewable energy (solar, wind, small hydropower) a number of technical issues and advantages, technological ecologically safe priorities are defined. The detailed regional calculation of wind, solar, hydropower potential for the Carpathian region of Ukraine has been performed. The spatial limitations and possibilities of introducing renewable energy sources in the sustainable development of the region are scientifically substantiated. Renewable energy scenarios are proposed.

Preservation and restoration of the natural environment and ensuring environmentally safe functioning of ecosystems are the priority conditions for implementation of the dominant social paradigm, which is development in harmony with nature. The article describes the essence of management system of ecological safety of territorial units as a set of actions and processes aimed at planning and constructing optimum options of spatial-temporal structuralfunctional organisation of ecosystems, restoration and increase of their ecological potential and stability, prevention of occurrence and development of ecological risks. Structure blocks of the system are environmental audit, environmental design (planning), environmental monitoring, databases and data banks with the use of GIS technologies. Implementation of the ecosystem services concept has an important role in the management system of ecological safety of territorial units. It is based on the need of co-evolution development of ecological and economic components. Monetary evaluation of the ecosystem services, development and introduction of payment mechanisms for these services will allow implementing programs (measures) for ensuring environmentally safe functioning of ecosystems within the territorial units.