CHANGES IN NATURE USE IN UKRAINE AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTRY’S ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY STATE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of changes that have taken place in the nature management in Ukraine since the beginning of transformation processes. The main factors that have caused changes in the nature management of the country and its individual regions have been analyzed. An assessment of the consequences of these changes on the state of country’s ecological safety has been carried out. The recommendations for optimization of regional nature use to improve the state of the country’s ecological safety have been developed.