Legal framework for funding of some conservation measures

Authors

  • Olena Hafurova National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine image/svg+xml
  • Svitlana Marchenko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31548/law2021.01.003

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of legal issues concerning funding of conservation measures. Features of legal framework of relations in the field of funding of conservation measures in Ukraine were established. Special attention was given to the problems of budget funding of conservation measures in the field of protection from harmful impact of rural and agricultural areas waste waters.

Based on the analysis of the legislation in force and the practice of its enforcement, we concluded that funding of conservation measures, including those in the field of protection from harmful impact of rural and agricultural areas waste waters, has low effectiveness as a result of non-targeted use of funds from environmental tax and rental payments, funding of conservation measures by residual principle, inconsistencies in budget and environmental legislation, and absence of effective government control over the procedure of funding and executing policy documents concerning environment protection and state authorities’ responsibility for improper performance of their duties.

Amendments to the legislation in force were suggested in order to improve economic and legal environment protection mechanism.

Keywords: environment, conservation measures, protection from harmful impact of waste waters, resource oriented measures, flood

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Published

2021-07-03

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Agrarian Law, Land Law, Ecological Law

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