SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONALITY OF CRIMINAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF LAND RELATIONS
The problem of rational (ecologically, socially and economically sound) use and protection of land is always relevant. States face the task of preserving land as the planet's most valuable resource. The specified component of the natural environment provides natural regulation of many processes occurring in the ecological system of the Earth, which predetermines the need for maximum preservation of its natural properties. The social danger of such a crime as damage to land is expressed in causing damage to the national property of Russia, the main means of production and the basis of the functioning of all sectors of the economy - land. In addition, spoilage of land in the general structure of environmental crime is a deterrent to the growth of the quality and standard of living of the population and the development of Russian production, regional development. In this regard, it seems relevant to study the socio-economic component of criminal law protection of land relations, land crimes, their analysis in order to timely respond to crimes committed in this area.