7 principles of environmental protection according to the Law on Environmental Protection 2020

According to the provisions of Article 4 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 on Environmental protection principles include the following 7 principles:

1- Environmental protection is the right, obligation and responsibility of every agency, organization, community, household and individual.

Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 defines:

The environment includes natural and man-made physical elements that are closely related to each other, surrounding humans, affecting life, economy, society, human existence, development, and biology. objects and nature.

Therefore, each individual, agency, organization... has the responsibility and obligation to protect the environment and also protect one's own life.

2- Environmental protection is a condition, foundation, central and prerequisite factor for sustainable socio-economic development. Environmental protection activities must be linked with economic development and resource management and be considered and evaluated during the implementation of development activities.

Environmental protection activities are understood as activities to prevent and limit negative impacts on the environment; respond to environmental incidents; overcome pollution and environmental degradation, improve environmental quality; rational use of natural resources, biodiversity and response to climate change.

Accordingly, in parallel with economic development, the environment must be protected; only then will development be long-term and sustainable.

3- Environmental protection is harmoniously linked with social security, children's rights, gender equality, ensuring everyone's right to live in a clean environment.

A healthy environment can be understood as an environment whose quality ensures that human life takes place in the safest and most natural harmony.

According to this principle, environmental protection work always needs to be harmoniously coordinated with people's rights and obligations, without violating the rights of children and people.

4- Environmental protection activities must be conducted regularly, publicly and transparently; Prioritize forecasting and preventing pollution, incidents, environmental degradation, managing environmental risks, minimizing waste generation, increasing reuse and recycling of waste to exploit asset value. source of substance tsea

Environmental pollution is the change in physical, chemical, and biological properties of environmental components that do not comply with environmental technical regulations and environmental standards, causing adverse effects on human health and biology. objects and nature.

People live, produce and do business regularly and continuously, so environmental protection work must also be carried out regularly to compensate for the gaps that humans bring.

In particular, forecasting and prevention activities that can prevent such impacts in the first place should be prioritized first.

5- Environmental protection must be consistent with laws, natural characteristics, culture, history, market mechanisms, and level of socio-economic development; promote the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

It can be certain that environmental protection activities must be carried out in accordance with the laws and natural characteristics as well as the culture and history of each territory.

6- Agencies, organizations, communities, households and individuals who benefit from the environment are obliged to contribute financially to environmental protection activities; causing pollution, incidents and environmental degradation must pay, compensate for damage, remedy, handle and bear other responsibilities according to the provisions of law.

This regulation also clearly states the responsibilities of those who cause damage to the environment and sets out remedial measures and is responsible before the law.

7- Environmental protection activities ensure that they do not harm national sovereignty, security and interests, and are associated with regional and global environmental protection.

As stated above, environmental protection activities are activities to prevent and limit negative impacts on the environment; respond to environmental incidents; overcoming pollution, environmental degradation, improving environmental quality... and environmental protection activities that take place must be appropriate and ensure national security, without causing damage to the territory and interests of nation.

At the same time, environmental protection activities must also ensure no impact bad for the regional and global environment.

In short, protecting the environment is an urgent action, not just anyone's, but an activity associated with every person's life.