The article is dedicated to the economic and legal aspects of environmental protection when using artificial water bodies. It was proved that to improve the efficiency of administrative responsibility for environmental crimes, the size of compensations and penalties should exceed the cost of actions of environmental protection. This will encourage the entities using artificial water bodies to provide advantages to the measures of environmental protection when using artificial water bodies formed within the limits of private land lots. It was offered to distinguish the legally valid and illegal damage to the environment. It was determined that the payment of compensation for the damage to the environment on the base of the special permission of the authorities was not considered a civil and legal liability. The payment of such compensation shall be considered a term for the legal use of the artificial water body by the methods that can be the reason for the damage to the environment.

The content of the textbook corresponds to the State educational standard of higher education for bachelors in the field of Ecology and environmental management. The textbook describes the methodology, basic methods and techniques of environmental research, in particular, the study of atmospheric air, water bodies, soil, biological and geological environments. The most up-to-date information on the use of marine robotics and the application of remote environmental research methods are also included in a systematic form. The textbook is designed for the level of "bachelor" of natural Sciences.

In this article, the authors present the outcomes of three years of their scientific work on the formulation of a research hypothesis, the formation of project research groups, and the presentation of the outcome to groups of “customers”: employers and/or regions. An interdisciplinary approach was applied in this work, which allowed to integrate environmental, economic, and social research methods. The objectives of the study were to determine the range of the relevant research topics in environmental science and sustainable development and formation of cases; to perform the personal and collective work in the project group; to form the skill of working with topic experts and documents in students; and to verify the work and present to the customer. The youth modeling of international and national processes and events, project laboratories, and cases obtained in the course of the study were presented in this work.

Purpose of the study: The paper is devoted to the formation of approaches to international cooperation in the field of higher education. Main Findings: It has been established that in the future, there is a need for broad initiatives from all countries for the qualitative improvement of higher education. It has been determined that the most important basis for the future prosperity of the world economy and society is a strong and diverse training of young people. Applications of this study: From the point of view of further development of new educational information means, the importance of non-formal education integrated into the educational process will grow. The originality of this study: It has been proved that self-education will play an increasing role. In the field of higher education, the cooperation between different partners and a wide range of different educational opportunities will be developed in order to give everyone the opportunity to improve their knowledge, both in the personal and professional sphere.