Congruence of interests in subsoil use

Relevance. The efficiency of subsoil use largely depends on the lack of conflict among persons interested in the successful development of subsoil resources. The purpose of the research is to develop methodological approaches to preventing conflict situations in subsoil use. Research methods are generalization, analysis, comparison, identification of preferences, modeling, expert analysis. Results. The most typical situations of occurrence of conflict situations have been revealed: transfer of agricultural territories or territories of traditional nature management to industrial use, expansion of exploited areas, substantiation of development of man-made deposits and directions of reclamation, etc. The conflicting parties may be: subsoil users (investors) – the state; local population – subsoil users, indigenous peoples of the North (IPN) – the state. As the analysis has shown, conflicts are prevented by drawing up contractual agreements, involving the public in development of the final decision, comparison of commercial and budgetary effects in justifying the feasibility of state support for subsoil users, use of multi-criteria approaches to choosing the optimal option, socio-economic approach to justifying the option of development of subsoil resources. A two-stage approach to ensuring congruence of interests of the subsoil user and the state is proposed. At the first stage, the problem of coordinating economic effects is solved; at the second stage, the maximization of effects associated with the prevention of environmental and social consequences, as well as obtaining an indirect effect in related industries. Conclusion. The article proposes a methodological approach that allows for the congruence of interests of the state and subsoil users; the recommended two-stage approach allows for coordination, taking into account all types of effects received by the conflicting parties.