DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR LAND MONITORING AND PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

It was established that one of the main tasks of land monitoring and protection is the creation of a base of objective information that will be used in assessing the state of land resources. It was found that the information obtained with the help of the state land cadastre serves as a legal basis for making the necessary decisions by state bodies in the field of research, monitoring and land protection. It is also proposed to adopt a special law to ensure the legal status of monitoring and protection of land relations, the final stage of which should be the creation of an electronic data array. Field of application of results. The results of the study can be applied in the field of agricultural economics and state administration in terms of monitoring and protection of land resources. Conclusions according to the article. The monitoring and protection of land nowadays requires a complete improvement of its methodology. It is necessary to create an effective national monitoring system that will be responsible for the quality of lands and soils. This is due to the fact that the acquired data make it possible to constantly adjust both the quantitative norms and regulations that are subject to control, as well as the improvement of organizational and legal support for monitoring and land protection through the creation of a special body that will monitor and protect land in its work, i.e the Center for Monitoring and Land Protection of Ukraine.