Open AccessEcological and economic aspects of rational use and protection of land resources in Ukraine
Author(s) -
T. B. Nahirniak,
R. Grabovsky,
М. R. Hrytsyna
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
naukovij vìsnik lʹvìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu veterinarnoï medicini ta bìotehnologìj ìmenì s.z. g̀žicʹkogo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-1327
pISSN - 2413-5550
DOI - 10.15421/nvlvet7922
Subject(s) - arable land , agriculture , land use , agricultural land , natural resource economics , land management , productivity , agricultural productivity , land degradation , stock (firearms) , geography , resource (disambiguation) , natural resource , unit (ring theory) , environmental protection , land development , business , environmental resource management , ecology , environmental science , economics , economic growth , computer network , archaeology , computer science , biology , mathematics education , mathematics
The current state of land use in Ukraine is characterized by high agricultural development and land cultivation. The predominant share in the total land stock of Ukraine is occupied by agricultural land (70.8% of the country's territory). Ukraine accounts for about 0.45% of the world land fund, while arable land occupies 2.4% of its world-wide area. According to resource-based indicators of land use Ukraine is also characterized by an extremely high level of development of living space and only about 8% of the territory can be attributed to anthropogenically unchanged. Ecological and economic aspects of land use include of rational land use, which characterizes the optimal involvement of all lands in economic circulation and their effective use for the main purpose, creation of favorable conditions for increasing productivity of agricultural land and obtaining from the unit of area the maximum amount of products at the lowest cost of labor and funds. The article substantiates that degradation of soils has its own characteristics, caused by various factors and processes. It is established that the practice of land use and the state of study of the above problems will require further study of the preconditions for the development of land degradation processes caused by the main factors: human economic activity and climatic and relief-ground conditions. The existing system of land protection in agriculture due to the influence of a number of natural and economic factors, as well as insufficient attention from the state does not ensure their rational use. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to an integrated system of protection of agricultural land.