Current demand for agricultural products does not necessitate the development of unused arable and forage lands. Further technological modernization and intensification of currently used arable lands increasing the productivity can lead to decreasing import of dairy and meat products or, at worst, to a further reduction of the food production in the Russian NonBlack Earth Region with the loss of jobs and depopulation of rural areas. To preserve life in these rural territories, we need to have the state program to support agricultural producers with the creation of agroclusters for the production of dairy and meat products, and also growing and processing flax.

Traditional nature management is inextricably linked with the existence and development of human society. Based on the main trinity of consumed natural resources of fl ora, fauna and water, it is still a signifi cant and one of the largest sources of satisfying the diverse needs of society. Therefore, organizing the use of land is the most important task of modern land management, especially in conditions of market economy and the new land system.

The time has come when the data contained in modern geoinformation systems can serve as a basis for the revival of work on intra-farm land management. There is a platform for creating a modern digital land management project. It is necessary to legislate it, and prescribe the principles, methods and algorithm for collecting and processing information.

The article discusses the issues related to transaction costs arising in land use. Institutional theory was chosen as the research methodology, which consists of analyzing the transformation of social institutions (formal and informal) in the field of land use. This theory allows us to determine the types and influence of transaction costs in land use and make management decisions to minimize their impact. Based on the results of the analysis, the author identified, classified and described the main types of common transaction costs in land use. The author also gave some recommendations to increase the efficiency level of formal land use institutions and the interaction of all participants in land relations.

The land is a fundamental natural asset, vital to existence, development and ecological balance of human civilization. Rational use and land protection are becoming a central prerequisite for spatial development, which is aimed at the social, environmental and economic sustainability of land policy. The increasing pace of development, digital transformation and the latest paradigms of sustainable development in the modern world have an impact on state land policy, which in turn regulates the sphere of land relations. In this context, special attention should be paid to the study of foreign experience in the field of state regulation of land relations for improving the current mechanism of the strategic management of land and other natural resources at all administrative levels.

When calculating income from timber harvesting on forest land, an important factor is the stock. The proposed equations and coefficients create the opportunity to automate the process of calculating the specific timber reserve by the age of the main felling for the main forest-forming species of Central Siberia, to update the reserve for any period of development of the forest stand, and also to use the results to calculate income and cadastral value of forest plots.

The article discusses the importance of cadastral activity in the regions of the country taking into account the development of regional land use systems. The main attention is paid to the importance of accelerating the cadastral works and inventory of agricultural lands by regional authorities in order to ensure their effective use and successful development of the Russian agro-industrial complex

The article discusses the substantiation and choice of options for the use of land resources for industrial development of Arctic territories. The author identified various types of Arctic territories, the land resources of which may be affected by the implementation of investment projects, including specially protected natural territories and especially valuable lands, for example: deer pastures, territories of traditional nature use of indigenous peoples, coastal territories, etc. To substantiate land use options for industrial development of the Arctic in the context of a variety of evaluative, sometimes multi-vector criteria, it is proposed to use the procedure of ethnological expertise, as well as a roadmap for coordinating the interests of stakeholders: mining companies, authorities and indigenous peoples.

The article raises the urgent problem of correcting topographic surveys carried out in the difficult climatic conditions of the permafrost zone. Due to the high pace of design and construction, as well as the need for timely commissioning of new industrial facilities and infrastructure, topographic surveys in permafrost conditions are often carried out during a difficult and even unfavorable period for geodetic measurements. This article investigates the necessity to correct topographic surveys carried out during an adverse period, and makes appropriate conclusions. The survey site is located in a zone of stable snow cover.