scholarly journals Beyond environmental protection and conservation: local-level implementation of the 2030 Agenda to deliver universal goals and targets. Lessons from Sardinia, Italy.

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leccis Francesca
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Level ◽  
2030 Agenda

scholarly journals Legislative regulation of powers of local government bodies in the field of environmental protection

2021 ◽  
pp. 96-100
Author(s):  
M.M. Slivka ◽  
N.V. Lesko
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Primary Control ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Legislative Regulation ◽  
The Law

The article is devoted to the study of legislative regulation of the powers of local governments in the field of environmental protection and the development of proposals for their improvement. It is noted that local governments occupy an separate and independent place in the mechanism of public administration, which indicates their special administrative and legal status. It is emphasized that local self-government bodies should be endowed with a sufficient amount of powers that would allow them to protect the interests of the administrative-territorial community in the field of environmental protection as effectively as possible. It is stated that the Constitution as the Basic Law of the state, taking into account the global importance of the issue of environmental protection should clearly and without any ambiguity in interpretation contain an article according to which local governments will be empowered to exercise primary control over environmental protection. natural environment at the local level and bringing perpetrators to justice. It is proposed to supplement Article 15 of the Law of Ukraine «On Environmental Protection», which defines the powers of local councils in the field of environmental protection, paragraph «й» of the following content: "decide to bring to administrative responsibility those guilty of violating legislation in the field of environmental protection environment of individuals and / or legal entities ". It is highlighted that based on the analysis of Part 4 of Art. 42 of the Law of Ukraine «On Local Self-Government in Ukraine», village, town, city mayor have a wide range of powers, but among these powers there are no ones that would give them the right to monitor compliance with environmental legislation in the region and bring perpetrators to justice. It is emphasized that local governments are given broad powers in terms of controling the activities of economic entities and they should be included as a subject of a lawsuit in accordance with Art. 16 of the Law of Ukraine "On Environmental Impact Assessment" in case of violations in the field of environmental impact assessment.

Environmental Jurisprudence in India (Is People’s Attitude Under Its Purview?)

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 916-929
Author(s):  
Ravindra Kumar Verma
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
The People ◽  
Evolution Pattern ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Environmental Jurisprudence

It is environmental laws that regulate the environmental protection bodies and make them effective. With this view in mind, the article intends to examine the environmental jurisprudence in India in terms of evolution, pattern of delivery of environmental justice and place of people’s attitude in the process. It was found that the superior judicial bodies including National Green Tribunal have set certain norms to deal with environmental cases against the polluters (mainly government bodies and private firms), but not for day-to-day activities of the people which pollute the environment sizeably. Besides, the article, on the basis of empirical studies, finds that despite having been aware of the menace of the environmental degradation and its gravity, people are less intended to be sensitive towards the problem owing to three-pronged reasons: First, they perceive environmental protection as the sole responsibility of state; second, sizeable of them have no spare time out of their livelihood engagements; and third, lack of leadership or community action at local level for the cause. The article prima facie finds that environmental jurisprudence in India has inadequately addressed the issue of people’s say and environmentally hostile people’s attitude towards environmental protection in the process.

Filling the Void: Local Control of Oil Spill Prevention Efforts

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 383-388
Author(s):  
Fred Felleman ◽  
Sally Ann Lentz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Marine Environmental Protection ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Marine Environmental

ABSTRACT This paper examines the implementation of OPA 90 in the context of its mandates to determine if the roles undertaken by federal, state and local entities have been effective in furthering marine environmental protection on the local level and makes recommendations for increasing pollution prevention. The analysis reveals that the federal government—through the work of the Coast Guard—has not been successful in implementing the pollution prevention provisions of OPA. This has resulted in some states exercising their authority under OPA to address issues of local concern as regards shipping and potential oil spills. Where States have stepped in to fill the void; they are often faced with industry and federal government opposition or recalcitrance. OPA's PWS RCAC provides a model for cooperative relationships between government, industry and the public to address local concerns. We conclude that the RCAC model should be extended to other regions of high volume shipping activity and that the GAO should undertake an investigation of the Coast Guard's Marine Environmental Protection and Compliance Programs for the purpose of identifying the obstacles to timely and effective implementation of OPA, and for developing a strategy for overcoming those obstacles.

scholarly journals THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IN BRAZIL: A MATTER OF PRINCIPLES

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-265
Author(s):  
Marco Aurelio Peri Guedes
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Brazilian Legislation ◽  
Reasonable Use

The current study aims to study the challenges related to Environmental Protection Legal System in Brazil. In fact, although Brazilian legislation concerning environmental protection and reasonable use of natural resources is quite satisfactory in theoretical perspective, the greatest hindrances to nation-wide more efficient environmental protection are the lack of environmental culture and government commitment, which results in insufficient human resources and budgetary provisions to enforce the goals established in legislation. The consequences of such diagnosis is that environmental supervision in the Brazilian Republic occurs mostly at local level and sorely needs of nation-wide enforcement and coordination. 

scholarly journals Quality Criteria to Evaluate Performant and Scope of 2030 Agenda in Metropolitan Areas: Case Study on Strategic Planning of Environmental Municipality Management

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
María de Fátima Poza-Vilches ◽  
José Gutiérrez-Pérez ◽  
María Teresa Pozo-Llorente
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Municipal Management

The UN’s 2030 Agenda brings new governance challenges to municipal environmental planning, both in large urban centres and in metropolitan peripheries. The opportunities of the new framework of action proposed by the United Nations (UN) and its integrative, global and transversal nature constitute advances from the previous models of municipal management based on the Local Agenda 21. This text provides evidence to apply quality criteria and validated instruments of participatory evaluation. These instruments have been built on the foundation of Evaluative Research, a scientific discipline that provides rigour and validity to those decisions adopted at a municipal level. A case study focused on a metropolitan area serves as a field of experimentation for this model of the modernization of environmental management structures at a local level. Details of the instruments, agents, priority decision areas, methodologies, participation processes and quality criteria are provided, as well as an empirically validated model for participatory municipal management based on action research processes and strategic planning that favours a shared responsibility across all social groups in the decision-making process and in the development of continuous improvement activities that are committed to sustainability. Finally, a critical comparison of weaknesses and strengths is included in light of the evidence collected.

scholarly journals Global goals for local priorities: The 2030 Agenda at local level

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Sánchez Gassen ◽  
Oskar Penje ◽  
Elin Slätmo
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
2030 Agenda

Local2030 Coalition for the Decade of Action

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Level ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals

This publication introduces the Local2030 Coalition, a United Nations-led platform and network designed to support and accelerate local-level delivery of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

scholarly journals The System of Environmental Education in the USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Oleg Fasolya
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Deep Penetration ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
State Education ◽  
The Usa

AbstractThe article deals with studying the peculiarities of environmental education system in the USA. It has been defined that US environmental policy includes governmental actions at the federal, state and local level. It has been identified that US environmental education is characterized by an extraordinary variety of forms, directions and methodological approaches, deep penetration of the ideas of environmental ethics in the content of all the disciplines, extensive involvement of communities and, in particular, public non-governmental organizations in the process of forming US citizens’ careful and responsible attitude to the environment. It has been stated that the system of US Environmental Education aims to provide a solution to such problems: to ensure citizens’ close contact with the environment; to contribute to the forming of environmentally friendly styles of behaviour and activities; to form a set of knowledge about the environment as a system of interconnected natural, economic and social factors; to involve students in solving local environmental problems. It has been found out that since 1970 Environmental Protection Agency has been operating in the USA. It has been mentioned that Environmental Protection Agency implements an environmental law by writing regulations and set national environmental standards. It has been indicated that Environmental Protection Agency has created the Office of Environmental Education so that national leadership may be provided and environmental literacy may be increased. It has been denoted that main goals of the the Office of Environmental Education include design and implementation of curricula and training programs for environmental education for both pupils and adults; organization of seminars, conferences and discussions on ugent environmental issues; cooperation with state education departments and other agencies. Consequently, recommendations that may be used by native educators to improve the national system of environmetal education have been presented.

scholarly journals THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IN BRAZIL: A MATTER OF PRINCIPLES

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-265
Author(s):  
Marco Aurelio Peri Guedes
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Brazilian Legislation ◽  
Reasonable Use

The current study aims to study the challenges related to Environmental Protection Legal System in Brazil. In fact, although Brazilian legislation concerning environmental protection and reasonable use of natural resources is quite satisfactory in theoretical perspective, the greatest hindrances to nation-wide more efficient environmental protection are the lack of environmental culture and government commitment, which results in insufficient human resources and budgetary provisions to enforce the goals established in legislation. The consequences of such diagnosis is that environmental supervision in the Brazilian Republic occurs mostly at local level and sorely needs of nation-wide enforcement and coordination. 

scholarly journals THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IN BRAZIL: A MATTER OF PRINCIPLES

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-265
Author(s):  
Marco Aurelio Peri Guedes
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Brazilian Legislation ◽  
Reasonable Use

The current study aims to study the challenges related to Environmental Protection Legal System in Brazil. In fact, although Brazilian legislation concerning environmental protection and reasonable use of natural resources is quite satisfactory in theoretical perspective, the greatest hindrances to nation-wide more efficient environmental protection are the lack of environmental culture and government commitment, which results in insufficient human resources and budgetary provisions to enforce the goals established in legislation. The consequences of such diagnosis is that environmental supervision in the Brazilian Republic occurs mostly at local level and sorely needs of nation-wide enforcement and coordination. 

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