Law. Human. Environment

The article is devoted to the analysis of ecological and legal problems of rural development. Determined are main tendencies of ecological and agrarian policy of Ukraine in the aspect of development of rural territories. The analysis of legislative support for rural development showed that environmental protection measures, which are provided for in the relevant strategies, concepts, programs and other normative legal acts of a conceptual nature, do not contain mechanisms for their implementation and are not developed in current legislation. Based on the analysis of legal literature, national legislation and practice of its application, the need for a comprehensive, intersectoral approach to solving environmental and legal problems of rural development, given the inextricable link between the environmental component and socio-demographic and economic components of rural development.

state ecological policy, state agrarian policy, sustainable development, rural areas, environmental protection, environmental impact assessment, planning and development of territories