ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

Rashmi Bhargava

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i9se.2015.3159

Abstract

Each country faces a unique set of challenges and capacities to implement its environmental laws. However, there are fundamental elements in all countries that form the basis of effective environmental compliance and enforcement programs and of legal systems. These common principles, based on the collective knowledge and experience of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) and reflective of international good practice, may be used to improve national environmental compliance and enforcement programs. These principles are divided into five sections: (1) environmental results and shared responsibility, (2) goals and strategies, (3) good governance, rule of law and compliance, (4) structure and resources, and (5) continuous evaluation and improvement.

Highlights

There are fundamental elements in all countries that form the basis of effective environmental compliance and enforcement programs and of legal systems
Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Effective compliance and enforcement systems need to operate as part of an overall framework of the environmental regulatory cycle: recognition of certain environmental problems, selection of the management approach, development of the legal basis, implementation of mechanisms to assure compliance, assessment of results, and program evaluation
Government officials must exercise public authority according to the standards of good governance, including providing sufficient resources and independence to compliance and enforcement programs

Summary

Introduction

PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT Each country faces a unique set of challenges and capacities to implement its environmental laws. There are fundamental elements in all countries that form the basis of effective environmental compliance and enforcement programs and of legal systems. These common principles, based on the collective knowledge and experience of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) and reflective of international good practice, may be used to improve national environmental compliance and enforcement programs.

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Conclusion