Land as an object of the environment (trends in public and legal policy development)

Abstract

The paper attempts to consider such economic and legal category as land, in terms of its role as an environmental object. The tendencies of development of this category in the sphere of state policy and dynamics of domestic legislation are investigated. The separate attention is devoted to lands of an agricultural purpose - the most important of all categories of ground fund as it includes the most valuable productive earths. As an object of legal relations, this category of land is a unique natural resource, which can be depleted by inappropriate and illiterate use and requiring large costs to restore their fertility.