Pavlo Saik ^1* Iryna Koshkalda ^2* Liudmyla Bezuhla ^3* Nataliia Stoiko ⁴ Alona Riasnianska ^2*

• ¹ Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong, China
• ² State Biotechnological University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
• ³ Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine
• ⁴ Lviv National Environmental University, Lviv, Ukraine

The research purpose is to scientifically substantiate an integrated approach to solving the problem of land degradation, based on the idea of land degradation neutrality (LDN), taking into account ecosystem services when planning land use to maximize the conservation of natural capital. The methodological basis of the research is the provisions and principles of the concepts of sustainable development, achieving LDN, and ecosystem services, as well as the research results revealing various aspects of land use, particularly their degradation. The following research methods are used in the paper: dialecticalto determine the cause-and-effect conditions of land degradation; analysisto highlight the current state of land use in Ukraine and the factors that have led to land degradation; synthesisfor global trends towards achieving LDN; deductionto explore the possibility of introducing global experience in achieving LDN in Ukraine; structural-functional analysisto substantiate the feasibility of introducing an ecosystem approach to land-use planning to achieve LDN. As a result of the research, the current land degradation state in Ukraine has been analyzed, and ways of achieving LDN in land-use planning through the prism of an ecosystem approach have been substantiated. Based on statistical data, the current and potential levels of arability of the territory of Ukraine have been calculated by natural-climatic zones, and the areas of eroded arable lands in Ukraine have been determined by the erodibility factor (low-eroded, medium-eroded, and highly-eroded). For the first time, a structural-logical scheme has been developed for organizationaleconomic support for the effective use of degraded and low-productive agricultural lands in the context of implementing the idea of LDN, which is a tool for rational allocation and use of degraded lands. This scheme can serve as a basis for the development of land-use planning strategies for territorial communities, for institutions, and organizations competent in the field of land management.