Problems of legal regulation of the use and protection of swamps

The article discusses issues related to the existing legal regulation of relations related to the use and protection of swamps. The physical and geographical features of marshes as natural objects affecting the peculiarities of their use and protection, their hydrological classification, the ecological significance of marshes for the sustainable functioning of aquatic and forest ecosystems are shown. Based on the analysis of the current legislation defining the procedure for the use and protection of wetlands, the ecological and legal problems of ensuring the protection of wetland ecosystems are highlighted. Using official statistical data on swamps and the lands on which they are located, the legal and environmental aspects of determining the legal status of a swamp as a natural complex, as part of wetlands and specially protected natural territories are considered. Conclusions are drawn about the need to differentiate wetlands as a negative phenomenon and the concept of a swamp, as well as the need to recognize a swamp as a complex ecosystem and develop legal regulation that would ensure proper protection of all its natural elements, based on the harmonization of environmental and natural resource legislation.