The laws are generally aimed at regulating life, livelihoods, commercial and industrial transactions... Etc., as well as the protection of ecosystems systems and biodiversity …
Public awarness is required in addition to laws to protect environment.
Eman Abdel ghaffar Hasan …Indeed, awareness is very necessary besides the law... Thank you
Enacting laws are not enough there is the need for public enlightenment,
It depends on the strength of the State to enforce it. Without this the law cannot achieve its objective.
NO! Protection of the environment MUST be part of the country's religions and religious ethics, and newcomers and outside corporations must respect those religious-environmental ethics also.
Until each religion on the planet adopts environmental protection ethics, then every plant, animal, and square meter of rock and soil, and every fish in the sea and river, and every bird has a price on its head.
Without religious environmental ethics, we live in a world where economic use by humans always trumps any environmental "laws" that a country might pass. An example--religious environmental ethics are the only things protecting the Sacred Groves in the Western Ghats of India, and other Sacred groves in other countries.
In the USA and other countries, we have made quasi-sacred areas in our National Parks, where the environment has priority over our desires to turn everything into the planet into a consumer good. The most remarkable park is in Tunisia the Sidi Toui in the middle of the Sahara, when you left the desert alone, it disappeared and turn back to grassland-savannah within 10 years
Craig Carlton Dremann
Thank you for the clarification and useful information
Jumaah Hariz ...
The law if it is not properly applied … It is certainly an obstacle to protecting the environment and reducing pollution in any country in the world... Thank you for active participation.
ليس المهم كثرة القوانين ولكن الاهم التزام الاشخاص بها وقبل ذلك العمل علي غرس مبادئ حب البيئة والمحافظة عليها في نفوس النشئ الصغير
Laws are many...implementation is the major problem... some times development requires some modifications / exemptions...sometimes looking into the prevailing environmental conditions on humanitarian conditions we have to exempt. But most of the times it depends on the political will and the corporate influence breaks the law....that is for sure.
Dear Dr. Salah khairy Jaber,
Not at all. In most cases, the environment is considered as 'no man's property' (free resource). Thus, apart from the law & its enforcement, it is indeed crucial to create awareness for everyone. Environmental issues shall be moral and ethical values.
Environmental education.....
Actually... In many cases, we need the power of law... Thank you Abhijit Mitra
Abburi VM Subbarao thank you...
Accurate talk … The human, social, political and economic realities must be taken into account... Etc. when enacting and implementing laws
Dear Dr ...Gonfa Kewessa... If we want to protect the environment properly ... It is necessary to take into account a number of considerations, including what you mentioned in the need to create social and moral awareness
I don't think so. Existing law should be implemented properly as well as public awareness is very essential to protect the environment.
I think off everyone reading and answering this question, asks themselves, what areas within their country is completely off-limits to human exploitation?
Then, why?
Was it laws, or another kind of common agreement those areas are permanently hands-off? Or religious reasons like the Sacred Groves of the Jains in the Western Ghats in India? Or National Parks like the ones in the USA and Tunisia?
Craig you are right. In our case, the major problem behind breaking the rules are increasing population, stress on various resources. However, greediness is above all. encroaching forests for constructing resorts, poaching animals for luxury as well as material for exports, cutting of valuable trees for exporting etc.
Indeed law is important to protect the forest, but creation of awareness among the different peoples is also equally important.
Law is mandatory to regulate any offense. However, their enforcement is pivot that decide act to enacted in very well to manage any problems.
Laws are enough to keep the environment clean up to some extent but enforcement of the same is a major hurdle.. it is not being done as per my day to day observation.
Regards,
Dr. Vinaya Tari.
Thank you Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury and I join my voice to you...
Thank you Craig Carlton Dremann
Good question... Under such circumstances, we always need to draw up an environmental map that shows us the environmental situation in each country... It contains details concerning the limits of human exploitation of ecosystems and the status of nature reserves if they exist
Subhash Babu
Really the subject of awareness is of great importance in the field of protecting the environment
Uma Nath Shukla
I agree with your ...that law enforcement is imperative to know how effective it is.
Dr. Vinaya Tari thank you ... The monitoring mechanism is of no less important than the law in the field of the environment, but it needs to join the efforts of governments, citizens and civil society organizations concerned with the environment.
"وفى الختام فاننى مازلت مؤمنا بان موضوع البحث يحتاج الى مواجهة اكثر اهمية واعمق دلالة علاوة على نظرة انتقادية عميقة لا تتوقف عند حد الاطر الصياغية وانما تمتد الى ما وراء الشكلية القانونية نظرة تبرز دور الفكر القانونى ومقدرته الفذة على تصور المستقبل"([1])
([1]) د/عبد الواحد محمد الفار .(الالتزام الدولى بحماية البيئة البحرية دراسة قانونية ..).مرجع سابق.ص 153
Translation--"In conclusion, I still believe that the research topic needs a more important and deeper confrontation in addition to a deep critical view that does not stop at the end of the drafting frameworks but rather extends beyond the legal formalism, a view that highlights the role of legal thought and its unique ability to envision the future." ([1]) ([1]) Dr. / Abdul Wahid Muhammad Al-Far. (The international commitment to protect the marine environment, a legal study ...) Previous reference, page 153
Dear Salah khairy Jaber
Many structure must participate to environment protection
politics, scientists, conservators, and also eco citizen
the law can't brought in single all protection
Thank you Bara Mouslim … Indeed, there must be several actors working to protect the environment or we will not reach what is required...
Law and law enforcement of environmental protection goals, after hundreds of years of negligence are our only hope in a world bereft of morals, common sense and driven by greed and ignorance
Dear Joseph Stroud ...The problem is that attention to the dangers of environmental pollution came late ... After environmental disasters emerged that began to have a negative impact on human beings and their health
Enacting or imposing law would not attain the goal until and unless people in society will not aware and conscious about its importance. The basic needs of protecting environment should imbibe in mind and soul of people then only things will change.
thank you Sasanka Sekhar Bora ... The law is an influential factor in protecting the environment, but it needs a lot of awareness and the interaction of citizens to successfully implement it.
Environmental laws should be strongly implemented by the Government to protect the Environment.
Munira Nasiruddin thank you ...yes" Environmental laws should be strongly implemented by the Government... "
Salah khairy Jaber
Dear Professor,
You have raised a very interesting question.
Law was not invented by man with the objective of making it fully effective. This is simply because, despite great efforts no administration in the world can implement laws perfectly. Then the question arises that if this is the case, then why did man make an effort to invent laws. Man needed a standard so that when someone drifts from that standard, the degree of that drift can be computed. Accordingly, his rewards and punishments can be decided upon. In today's world that standard is referred as Law. Everybody has to drift from the law from time to time. There is no way other than this. If no drifting was required then qualified and intelligent people were not required in important positions. If we study the job role of most positions in the society, we will see that an inferior quality human resource could have performed that. Still we recruit only superior quality human resources. It is required because every job in the society involves some sort of decision making. Here, I am talking about decision making regarding drifting from the standard (please read law). How much drifting is required and how much is not required, is a very vital decision.
So, going by this idea, no law is enough to protect the environment. We are humans. We are herd animals. If we can convince important personalities to take care of the environment and advertise that to common people, then probably most people would be motivated to take care of the environment. I am from the world of Marketing Management. So I fail to come out of the impact of advertisements.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Anamitra.
Thank you dear Anamitra Roy .. The laws are applied more effectively when governments and competent authorities as well as the homeland are more serious and responsible in this area... Taking into account an important point from my point of view which is the best application is to search for the spirit of the law and not its literal application...
With appreciation
Salah khairy Jaber
Dear Professor,
Thank you for your appreciation of my reply. I totally agree with you. The spirit of law is very important and not its literal application.
Lets stay connected.
Best regards,
Anamitra.
Salah khairy Jaber , perhaps this work is interesting for you: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289966072_Biodiversity_conservation_in_Chile_legally_enough_The_need_for_mapping_the_law_before_deciding
It touches on various aspects related to your question.
Greetings.
Patricio Pellet Thank you... All appreciation to you … Actually it's an important addition to me …
important to have a generation brought up on the love of the environment
thank you all respect and appreciation .. Ozodbek Abduraimov
Environment protection is our all responsibility. About 20 years since the Kyoto Protocol was signed and we still depending heavily on fossil fuel and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to rise to unprecedented levels. It will be very naive to think that legislation, regulations and law a lone can protect the environment without the real will of mankind.
القانون وضع من اجل التطبيق , فالمطبق هو من يستطيع حماية البيئة في ضوء القانون
Laws put forward by the Government to protect the environment should be properly implemented and regulated. Otherwise, the outcome would be fruitless.
Environmental laws must be changed and given teeth to bite with rather than merely read the guidelines of policies to comply.
Dear Joseph
There are many laws, legislation and regulations regarding environment. The issue is , they need to be implemented
I agree with you in the opinion ... Laws alone are not enough, they need awareness and a sense of responsibility towards the environment and real implementation of the law
Ahmed Moosa thank you ...
Md Shahidul Islam ...That is right... The law can be supported and implemented by resorting to appropriate methods to raise awareness among citizens
actually we need strict law enforcement besides actual surveillance
thank you ... Joseph Stroud
Ozodbek Abduraimov ..Good point ... It needs to adopt programmers, materials and curricula that stimulate the love of nature and the environment.
Enough laws are there but enforcement and public awareness is very less
The environmental laws are not adequate or not enforced. Take your choice in most countries.
Dear Joseph
Thank you for your comments. We the people must cooperate and work together to have clean environment and to save our planet
Of course no in most cases and many countries. The responsible and positive human behavior is a main contributer in environmental protection.
Dear Joseph Stroud I think the rules exist, but the problem is that they don't apply or partially apply.
Actually... People must be allowed to contribute to supporting environmental protection efforts
thank you Silvia Marcu
Fatma Zohra Benabid ...Actually... Without effective participation by people, the law cannot achieve the desired goal.
thank you...
Yes, making and enforcing law is the key to success. But it should be done in a sustainable manner.
the law shall play an important rule to criminalize the misuse of environment because it is the responsibility of the legislator to correct the misconduct of individuals , companies and even governments. but still it is the responsibility of every individual to appreciate the environment and protect it from all harm practices.
thank you Louna said Farhat … The problem is that environmental legislation in many countries is ineffective … There is not enough conviction in protecting the environment... By the competent authorities as well as the citizen ...
Laws are meant for human beings. so if the laws are there and human beings refuse to follow them, then the laws serve no purpose.
Therefore, people need to be educated ...
thank you...Dear Kiprotich Kiptum
Yes Salah, good virtues should be taught right from when a person is baby until old age. Human beings need to be reminded.
Dear all, no it is not enough, awareness, discipline and cultural levels that protect the environment and life. My Regards
Dear Abdelkader BOUAZIZ ... Really ... we need to Human rehabilitation
thank you...
Our environmental laws must be strengthened and if existing implemented with severity.
Actually... Environmental legislation must be adopted or amended if it exists in order to preserve the environment.
Joseph Stroud ... My regards …
To keep safe the environment, all sorts of pollution should be controlled, which might be from public sector through self awareness or from government sector through legislation.
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