Establishing comprehensive environmental law system
- Legislating for the environment
- Increasing environmental law
- Reviewing the effectiveness of environmental regulations
- Increasing effectiveness of environmental laws
Context
Implementation
Agenda 21 recommends that governments, with the support of competent international organizations where appropriate, should regularly assess laws and regulations enacted and related institutional/administrative machinery established at the national/state and local/municipal level in the field of environment and sustainable development, with a view to rendering them effective in practice. Programmes for this purpose could include the promotion of public awareness, preparation and distribution of guidance material, and specialized training, including workshops, seminars, education programmes and conferences, for public officials who design, implement, monitor and enforce laws and regulations.
It also recommends that new and environmentally sound development-oriented land-use policies should be developed and adopted through appropriate national legislation, and introduced institutionally.