Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back Ecology of modern land use (organizational and legal aspects) Lipski S.A. The article describes the current organizational and legal aspects of land use with regard to the current stage of the interaction of man and nature, as well as the results of the reform of land relations. The main attention is paid to the ecological requirements, as the basic approaches of modern land legislation, duties and responsibilities of land users, related to environment protection, programs and separate environmental mechanisms in the system of land management. It is concluded that the legislative action in this area very consistent and adequate to the value of land as the key natural component and the main means of production in agriculture. Federal target programs in the area have a positive effect, although it still reflects the difficult financing. In the future then adjust individual management actions in this area (information management and land management, control). Scientific development of such measures is proposed to carry out on the basis of agricultural regulations of quality land use planning. Keywords: land use; ecology; environment; land legislation; responsibility; agrolandscapes; monitoring; cadastre; land use planning; supervision. Contacts: E-mail: Lipski-sa@yandex.ru Pp. 10-21.