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Environmental Policy in Eastern Europe
Environmental Policy in Eastern Europe
Pages 333-341
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The first task of analysis was to try to explain why conflicts are so often seen between environmental protection and industrial development. Such convicts are not a requirement of theory (Zagladin and Frolov, l986~.
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An ecological viewpoint is developing in which humans are seen as a product of continuing biological evolution. That is, human life, like the life of all other living things, is ultimately constrained within the limits of- the sustainable productive capacity of the land, available energy, and the other natural resources necessary to maintain human existence.
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· These documents indicate that the most important factors influencing environmental protection include enforcement of laws, pollution control, deliberate management of environmental quality, economic development policies, ecological education, and progress in science and technolo,gy. · The documents from all Party Congresses disregard the prevention of environmental problems.
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Generally speaking, however, protection of the environment is an object of state policy determined by parliamentary resolutions and executed by the government and its various agencies. The following describes the environmental policies of East European countries and the types of government agencies that take responsibility for the fulfillment of environmental goals: · Environmental protection policy should consist of the rational use of natural resources, ecosystem and species protection, protection of society and nature against harmful effects of industrial and agricultural activities, and environmental quality control.
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· The prices paid for natural resources at the time of use should reflect the costs of environmental protection. Nature protection costs should be unified throughout Eastern Europe.
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Such regulations should also provide guidance for maintaining the essential environmental and social functions of renewable natural resources, regardless of whether these resources have significant economic value. Foreign Policy At present, international cooperation among East European countries in solving environmental protection problems is not effective.
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In many cases, these surveillance activities have led to the discovery and subsequent solution of important environmental problems. These movements often provide ecological educational programs for children and adults and sometimes undertake concrete projects for environmental protection.
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better organization of central and local administrative authorities for environmental decision making and management of natural resources; · better division of responsibility among East European countries, such as in the production of environmental protection devices and technologies; . increasing the effectiveness of planning systems, economic development authorities, and legal instruments to provide both economic incentives and regulations that channel human activity in directions which are consistent with aims and programs of sound ecological policy; · improving systems of ecological education at all levels, from nursery school through university, and including programs for adult education; · translating scientific understanding of environmental problems into economically viable systems for improvement of industry, agriculture, and management of waste disposal systems; · connecting programs of economic development and social movements so that their outcomes are consistent with sound ecological policy.
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1980. Polityka ochrony srodowiska w krajach socialistycznych (The policy of environmental protection in socialist countries)
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