The problems of degradation of agricultural land are discovered through the prism of the consequences of their destructive use in modern conditions based on a detailed causal analysis of industrial-economic approaches to the implementation of the earth-resource potential of the Carpathian region. On the basis of the spatial spectral cut of the development of degradation processes in the soils of the region, the main types of anthropogenic transformation were analysed and on the basis of existing materials an attempt was made to evaluate the development of negative phenomena inherent in agriculture as a whole appointment, and specific, concerning their key ecologically sensitive components - sloping, reclaimed lands, agro-lands. Strategic approaches and mechanisms are proposed for solving the problem of degradation and restoration of agricultural land fertility the appointment, the basis of which is: adjusting the structure of the land fund; implementation of environmentally-friendly high efficiency ecologically balanced resource-saving agricultural systems; implementation of in-depth system ecological-landscape monitoring; the development of a holistic integrated zonal-territorial theory of conservation, fertility and soil protection of the Carpathian region. In order to implement the developed strategic approaches, the proposed innovation toolkit, the practical implementation of which will reduce the degradation of land, will contribute to the formation of high-yielding ecologically sustainable agro-landscapes. Innovative tools are the basis of the developed conceptual model of fertility management of agricultural lands of the Carpathian region. Based on the Conceptual Model of Management an Innovative-oriented organizational functional model of the solution of problems of degradation of agricultural land and implementation of the potential for increasing their fertility in the Carpathian region has been formed. The effectiveness of its functioning will be determined by the level of realization of the potential of the basic resource components of the agrarian sector in the region and will be conditioned, on the one hand, by the efficiency of the combination of investment resources of the village commodity producers, innovative resources of the scientific sphere and financial, organizational and information resources of the state; on the other – the introduction of economic mechanisms of efficient resource use.
Key words: Carpathian region, soils, agrolandscapes, degradation, fertility restoration.