Open AccessTHE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IN BRAZIL: A MATTER OF PRINCIPLES
Author(s) -
Marco Aurélio Peri Guedes
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
panorama of brazilian law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2318-1516
DOI - 10.17768/pbl.y2n2.p251-265
Subject(s) - legislation , enforcement , government (linguistics) , business , natural resource , perspective (graphical) , environmental law , political science , environmental planning , environmental protection , law , geography , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , computer science
The current study aims to study the challenges related to Environmental Protection Legal System in Brazil. In fact, although Brazilian legislation concerning environmental protection and reasonable use of natural resources is quite satisfactory in theoretical perspective, the greatest hindrances to nation-wide more efficient environmental protection are the lack of environmental culture and government commitment, which results in insufficient human resources and budgetary provisions to enforce the goals established in legislation. The consequences of such diagnosis is that environmental supervision in the Brazilian Republic occurs mostly at local level and sorely needs of nation-wide enforcement and coordination.