A general system of ecological and economic assessment of agricultural lands is introduced. The system was developed taking theoretical basics of economic land evaluation and methods of significant ecological factors cost estimation into account. A possibility of allotting of ecological indicators as independent criteria for economic land evaluation is substantiated. The system of assessment was realized in application to the Novosibirsk region agricultural lands, which are actively used and subjected to erosion and ravine formation.
Keywords: agricultural lands, ecological and economic assessment, types of degradation, damage, methods of assessment, ecological factors, ecological indicators, cost estimation system.
