Abstract
The results of assessing the impact of peat deposits retired from industrial exploitation of all administrative districts of the Brest region on the environment, including their hydrological regime and adjacent territories, pollution of surface and ground waters with products of peat decomposition, emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and changes in landscapes are presented.
 The directions of the use of depleted peat deposits are substantiated, taking into account their natural and genetic 
 characteristics, the current state, interests and prospects for the development of administrative regions, the economic and environmental effects of use. Agricultural lands on peat deposits retired from industrial exploitation, unsuitable in their natural and genetic properties for the cultivation of agricultural crops, have been revealed. The reasons for the unsuitability of such lands for agriculture have been established: flooding, underlining with sapropel, marl and other carbonate rocks. It was found that
 3,795.5 hectares of agricultural land on depleted peat deposits are unsuitable for this purpose and have to be environmental
 rehabilitated.
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