Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

11. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: 
LEGISLATION, POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS

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ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION, DEVELOPMENT:  THE CASE OF UZBEKISTAN
The term ‘environ mental legislation’ is associated with national 
environ mental law, and it mostly refers to legal acts (laws of 
parliament, regulations of government and local authorities) that 
pertain to the environ ment or help to achieve the national aims of 
environ mental  policy  –  to  preserve,  protect  and  improve  environ-
mental quality, provide for sustainable use of natural resources and 
ensure a high-quality living environ ment. 
For the purpose of the law, ‘the environ ment’ is taken to 
mean an aggregate of natural, anthropogenic and societal factors. 
Obviously, ‘the environ ment’ includes not only natural factors (the 
natural environ ment) but also human beings and their impact on the 
natural  environ ment.