Chapter 10: Legal Regime of Specially Protected Natural Territories as a Factor in the Development of Ecological Economy: Theoretical and Legal Aspects

The chapter contains the results of a theoretical and legal analysis of the problem of ecological economics and the legal status of specially protected natural territories as a factor in its implementation. The authors prove that the need to implement the ecological economy model is due to the national priorities fixed in the regulations, affecting the area of national security and sustainable socio-economic development. The formation of such territories has become an important direction of the state’s implementation of its environmental functions, which requires the effective legal regulation of legal relations, considering the specifics of these objects. This scientific research allowed the authors to classify the lands of specially protected natural areas and determine their place in the system of objects of civil rights. The authors identify directions for improving civil regulation of these objects, considering the proposed classification.