Reforming the state environmental monitoring system in Ukraine

The article is devoted to the problem of the functioning of the system of monitoring the quality of the natural environment. The article emphasizes that the main source of information on the qualitative state of the natural environment, as well as information on the state of natural resources, is environmental monitoring. In order to obtain reliable environmental information, the state system of environmental monitoring must function properly and have an appropriate legal basis.Attention was drawn to the fact that today the state system of environmental monitoring needs substantial reformation and improvement of the legal framework for management activities in the specified area. Attention is drawn to some problems in the system of information provision of nature management and environmental protection. The shortcomings of the system of monitoring both the state of the natural environment and the qualitative state of Ukraine’s land resources are highlighted.The author highlights the main tasks and focus of environmental monitoring. It is emphasized that the leading role in the formation of the system of information support for the rational use and protection of natural resources belongs to environmental monitoring. Special attention is paid to land and soil monitoring. It is emphasized that the function of land and soil monitoring is entrusted to the central executive body that implements state policy in the field of land relations, the central executive body that implements state policy in the field of environmental protection, which in turn will help to eliminate the problem of the monitoring organization system. At the same time, land and soil monitoring data will be collected in one database, which will help to compare them and carry out an appropriate analysis of the qualitative state of lands and soils.Changes to the environmental legislation regarding the legal regulation of the functioning of the state environmental monitoring system have been studied and analyzed. Legislative norms aimed at improving the legal regulation of information on the state of the environment and mechanisms for ensuring access to it are analyzed. It was emphasized that the reform of the state environmental monitoring system is a new stage in the improvement of the information system and its interaction with similar systems in other countries of the world.