The dissertation formulates the author 's definition of "administrative-tort relations in the field of use and protection of natural resources" as regulated by the rules of administrative law public relations, the commission of administrative tort, its detection, investigation, prosecution and review of decisions that arise, change or cease during the encroachment on the established order of protection and use of all existing exhaustive,
inexhaustible, renewable, non-renewable and relatively renewable components of the environment, the main purpose of which from a material point of view is to provide the necessary benefits to society through direct mental and physical activity in their use. Emphasis is placed on the need to reformat this model for prevention. Prevention of administrative delinquency in the use and protection of natural resources is defined
as organizational and legal activities of social direction of public authorities, public organizations and individuals through the use of a range of educational, economic, social and other measures aimed at identifying causes and conditions of violations of use and protection natural resources, elimination of factors conducive to the formation of anti-social attitude of the person, administrative tort as a social phenomenon,
respecting the rights and freedoms of citizens during such activities. The provisions of scientific novelty are formulated as a result of scientific research and all the results of the work are obtained on the basis of personal study and analysis of theoretical and legislative provisions, law enforcement practice. Some conclusions contain specific proposals for optimizing the current administrative-tort legislation, namely: the need to
adopt the "Administrative-delict code of Ukraine" taking into account the following key concepts: "administrative misconduct", "administrative liability", "principles of administrative-delict relations", "subject of administrative-delict relations"; classification, organizational and legal bases of activity of subjects of administrativedelict relations, etc.; - adoption of state and regional programs to prevent administrative offenses in the field of use and protection of natural resources, indicating the measures of political, economic and social nature to prevent administrative offenses in the field of use and protection of natural resources.
