Problem
Fragmented social structures for environmental protection
Nature:
The environment is endangered by the very structures created for its protection. The structures which are based on geography are exclusive and uncoordinated, for example the agencies dealing with North Sea pollution number in the dozens but none in fact deal with the whole geographic area effecting it. Structures which are formed along functional lines, like oil pollution or endangered species are based on obsolete categories and are often to closely related to those causing the damage. In both cases these agencies do not have the power to effect change. The illusion that something is being done about the environment creates and even greater danger. Broader Problems:
Social fragmentationInstitutional fragmentationLack of international policy on specific issuesInadequate structures for achieving global unity Narrower Problems:
Insufficient environmental legislationSpecious measures for environmental protectionLack of community involvement in environmental protection Aggravates:
Regional environmental degradationEnvironmental hazards of industrializationInadequate models of socio-economic development Strategies:
Campaigning about biodiversity issuesSystematizing structures for environmental protection Subject(s):
Society → Social??Societal Problems → Protection??
Environment → Environment ??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET