EURO-ECO 2010 Hanover 2 - 3 Dezember 2010	Environmental, Engineering - Economic and Legal Aspects for Sustainable Living
	European Academy of Natural Sciences, Hanover European Scientific Society, Hanover University of Bremen, Bremen

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At the present stage of development of a competitive economy of Ukraine are added conditions that would require the development of market mechanisms and levers of economic and environmental activities. One of these instruments is the environmental audit as the most effective tool in the environmental management system that allows you to coordinate government environmental policy and politics separate a nature, producer.

Environmental management and audit in Ukraine is introduced based on international standard ISO / DIS 14000 Guidelines for Environmental Audit, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The objects of the environmental audit can be different types of investment, economic, administrative activities of government bodies, enterprises, industrial associations, industries that have or may have ecologically significant effects that affect the environment and human health. The objects of the special environmental audit may also be the territory with definite functional purpose (environmental, recreational, agricultural, etc.) or separate, more narrow areas of activity facilities (for example: waste minimization; safety of the produced product; the control system for environmental pollution, etc.).

The South coast of Crimea is in a critical situation now. It is caused by the imbalance of challenges and needs of the rapidly growing resort and recreation infrastructure in the region and the protected areas of Nature Reserve Fund (NRF).

Privatization of land is leading to a rapid change in land use. It is generates conflicts between the territories of different functional purpose, enhances human pressure on protected areas, leading to fragmentation of the environmental values and the loss of their value. In the current situation requires a full environmental audit of existing areas of NRF, and all projects (investment, architectural planning, construction, etc.) that can be linked and would entail a transformation of the territorial structure of the South Coast. Customers of environmental audit are the organs of special competence of the state of environmental management, and security holders of the obligations, investors, local governments, etc.

Experience in environmental auditing of environmental facilities and territories in the Crimea have shown high efficiency of environmental auditing as a tool for environmental management. It allows you to align the interests of different land users and landowners, to minimize conflict situations, to ensure the conservation of biological and landscape diversity. This helps to ensure favorable ecological conditions for sustainable development in the region.

The authors have developed and tested methodology and content of the stages of environmental auditing of environmental facilities and conservation areas, as well as a possible scheme of engineering actions to implement the recommendations of the environmental audit.