Аннотация:Land use and land-use change in the pan-European region continue to be mainly driven by agriculture, but the situation varies from country to country. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, agricultural production is rising and rapidly approaching levels seen in the Soviet era, while domestic demand has fallen, due to a drop in livestock inventory. The current land-use dynamic shows only a moderate increase of the sown area in fertile soil (steppe and forest-steppe) zones and no sign of agriculture recovering in marginal (forest) areas. At the same time, the utilized agricultural area in the European Union is expected to continue declining smoothly towards 2030, though at a slower pace than in the past decade.176 Land take in the European Union slowed down but remains an issue. Between 2000 and 2018, 78 per cent of land take in the European Union affected agricultural areas, i.e. arable land and pastures, and mosaic farmland. The main drivers for land take and soil sealing in the European Union during this period were industrial and commercial land use as well as extension of residential areas and construction sites