Improvement of Ukrainian land legislation in the context of compliance with sustainable development goals

Abstract

The article examines the problems of legal regulation of land protection and rational use in the context of compliance with the goals of sustainable development and establishing provisions for their improvement.

The state of land resources of Ukraine and their significance for the country’s economy and its food security are studied. It is noted that land, as a special natural resource, requires measures for protection and rational use. The need to maintain a significant level of balanced (sustainable) environmental development is proven, in which the state of land resources would comply with all relevant norms and standards. It is noted that today, due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation, agricultural lands have been significantly contaminated with explosive objects and toxic substances and require the application of special measures for the safety of their use.

The goals of sustainable development are analyzed, namely: overcoming poverty; overcoming hunger, achieving food security, which are guidelines for the development of draft forecast and program documents, draft regulatory legal acts. It is noted that for the practical implementation of sustainable development goals, it is necessary to apply effective mechanisms and methods, as well as develop appropriate regulatory and legal regulation in the field of land relations. It is noted that in order to ensure that the norms of Ukrainian land legislation comply with the goals of sustainable development and in the context of adapting national legislation to EU legislation, it seems appropriate to improve the norms of legislation on the protection of land, especially agricultural land, land affected by pollutants and soils from the hostilities of the Russian Federation, the aggressor state, as well as to strengthen control and supervisory activities for the protection and rational use of land resources.