Research on the legal issues of the government's responsibility for ecological restoration in mining areas

Abstract

Due to historical reasons, the existing large number of mines in China leave serious ecological and environmental problems after mining, so it is urgent to clarify the responsibility subject and carry out ecological restoration. In reality, the local government assumes the responsibility for ecological restoration, but this may confuse the first responsibility of the environmental damage with the government's responsibility to fill the burden, which is inconsistent with the basic principle of the "damage responsibility" of the current environmental law. The specific situation of the government's responsibility for ecological restoration in mining areas should be clarified through legislation. On the occasion of the revision of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China, this paper discusses the theoretical basis of the government's responsibility of ecological restoration in mining areas, the nature and specific application of the responsibility of restoration, and finally puts forward the institutional suggestions for improving the Chinese government to undertake the responsibility of ecological restoration in mining areas.