Public Administration and Economic Aspects of Ukraine’s Nature Conservation in Comparison with Poland

This paper deals with the dynamics of the expenses for maintaining biodiversity by various sources. Polish experience concerning the taxation of land preservation, involvement of local authorities to address issues of biodiversity preservation management is used to improve biodiversity management system. The analysis of state and local biodiversity management systems of Ukraine is done. Classification of biodiversity conservation functions is carried out. The economic effect of biodiversity functioning is estimated using forests and swamps ecosystems as an example. The necessity of biodiversity in the GDP of the state is justified. Improved geo-information system of the cadastral data bank of the objects of the nature reserve fund, which ensures the implementation of measures aimed at preventing the destruction or damage to the territories and objects of the nature reserve fund, is proposed.