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

 11.3.3.  Dialogue with society and the role of society in 
environmental protection
The authority of public opinion is crucial in environ mental 
protection. Environ mental laws can have the necessary support and 
effect  only  if  the  majority  of  society  understands  the  importance 
of favourable environ ment for human life and the need to preserve 
the environ ment. Public pressure often expedites the drafting and 
adoption of laws.
Besides, there are such legal provisions today, whose imple-
men tation  is  not  even  possible  without  public  activities.  A  vivid 

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example is the Aarhus Convention on public rights in environ mental 
matters. This Convention deals with environ mental protection in 
close relation with human rights. The Convention is particularly 
significant, as it not so much prescribes mutual obligations for the