The aim of the paper is to explore the possibilities of detection and reduction of land degradation in Smarde municipality rural territory (56°57′18″ N; 23°20′17″ E). To carry out land degradation prevention measures, initially the territories of degraded land should be determined. This paper highlights the field inspection method. For territory inspection a model was used that gave the opportunity to identify degradation types with their characteristic features and possibilities to reduce the land degradation. The territory of Smarde municipality rural territory was inspected in nature and degraded territories identified. The costs of land degradation elimination depend on the type of land degradation. In territories where the land degradation reduction or elimination has been done, its control has to continue in order to stop the development of land degradation.