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Land is a non-renewable resource with a limited access and therefore a wholesome and sustainable use of land and maintenance of beneficial land properties are very important. Economic activity always has been the main propulsion of use of land resource. With global economic growth, the intensity of use of land resource as a main resource has only increased. Soil is one of the most important components of land, because it provides biodiversity of the land and functioning of ecosystems. The restoration of degraded territories and prevention of risks are important tasks for sustainable development of territory in any municipality. That is determined in regulations and other documents accepted both internationally and in Latvia. Regarding the risks of land degradation and their prevention, Land Management Law has come to force in Latvia on January 1, 2015, which defines land degradation and soil degradation and obliges local authorities to show these territories in territorial planning documents, while according to the same law land owners are obliged to take action to prevent land degradation on their land properties. The aim of the research is to analyse and evaluate legislative acts of Latvia regarding the degradation. To achieve the aim a task to summarize the information on these regulations was set.
