CONTROL AND SUPERVISORY ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN STATE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPHERE
. In the era of globalization processes, the problems of ensuring environmental safety and the tasks of implementing state policy in the field of environmental protection are of particular importance. An effective means of promoting the implementation of measures for the conservation and restoration of the natural environment, rational use and reproduction of natural resources, prevention of negative impact on the environment and elimination of its consequences is the state supervision carried out by the Executive authorities. The relevance of the problems determined the purpose of scientific research, expressed in the identification of the features of control and supervision in the environmental sphere. Within the framework of the study, the ways of improving the system of implementation of control and Supervisory measures in the environmental sphere in terms of updating environmental legislation, improving the mechanism of inspections and increasing the level of involvement of the public and economic entities in the activities of analytical work, forecasting and monitoring in the field of environmental management are proposed. The author's conclusions can be used to continue theoretical research, as well as in the practical activities of the legislative and Executive authorities of the Federal and regional levels.