AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN BANGLADESH.

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AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN BANGLADESH.
by Sumit Chowdhury \| 04-06-2018 23:42 0
Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. It is the equitable distribution of environmental risks and benefits; fair and meaningful participation in environmental decision-making; An alternative meaning, used in social sciences, of the term "justice" is "the distribution of social goods" The world community is very much concerned with the environmental degradation since 1850s. Many initiatives such as creation of the UNO, ASIAN, SARRC, EU, OAS, OAU etc have been taking in this regard. But the environmental context of Bangladesh is environmentally rich and known as greening country. At present, its tradition and heritage have been facing with numerous environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution, exploitation of natural resources etc. Around 200 environmental laws directly or indirectly related to environment, in Bangladesh. These laws are almost scattered. However, the government of Bangladesh has passed some remarkable environmental laws such as the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995, the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Rules 1997, the Environment Court 2000 along with some policy such as Environment Policy 1995 and Environment Action Plan 1997 repealing the Environment Control Ordinance 1997. In the mean time, the judiciary of Bangladesh is also quite active for administering of justice to all including the flora and fauna. Some constitutional obligations may be discussed in this regard. Moreover, the government of Bangladesh is also very conscious about the environmental conservation issues. Very recently, the Government passed the Environment Conservation (Amendment) Act 2010 updating the all provisions in this regard. UNESCO also declared some areas such as the Sundarban, as heritage sites in Bangladesh. But it regrets that these laws and policies have not been properly implemented due to some problems such as non coordination, weak enforcement, customary attitudes etc. Source: ebscohost

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Gyeongrin mentor says :
Hello Sumit!
I am learning a lot about environmental justice from our fellow ambassadors!
It is nice to know that the Bangladesh government has continuously shown interest and the effort on this problem.
Thanks for the report :)
Posted 07-06-2018 16:25

Bharat Adhikari says :
Thanks for sharing.
Posted 06-06-2018 21:22

Joon Ho Mentor says :
Hello Sumit, thanks for letting us know the effort of government in Bangladeshi.
As you have mentioned quite a lot of acts and laws, I will try to look after them :)
Sadly, we cannot take 'all the people' into account, but we can take care of 'most of them' when we make laws and especially when we think of environmental justice.
Getting close to people more and more will lead us to reach the point of 'environmental justice'-friendly society!

Thanks for your report :)
Posted 06-06-2018 12:26

Yves SHEMA says :
Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

i love this definition, it is really full and comprehensible.

thank you for your effort. keep it up i really appreciate, Sumit
Posted 05-06-2018 06:41

Chabala Chisenga says :
I have learnt something ambassador,thank you for sharing.
Posted 05-06-2018 03:50

Rosa Domingos says :
Hi Sumit!

I am so relieved that the government of Bangladesh have placed several policies and acts in place just for the wellbeing and protection of the environment alone, whether it be direct or passively induced!

I do hope that the government executes these acts and policies so that not only Sundarban, but other areas within the region get recognised as heritage site!

Good report!
Posted 05-06-2018 03:22