Sustainable development in the concepts and principles of international law of environment
Subject Areas : environmental management
Keywords: Environment, Sustainable development, principles, Concepts, International Environmental la,
Abstract :
Almost all principles of international law of environment can be applied to prove the concept of sustainable development: principle of sovereignty over natural resources, principle of commitment to cooperation, offering information and help in environmental emergencies, principle of support and protection of the environment, obligation of environmental polluters to pay compensation, principle of prevention, and principle of precaution. Although the degree of their obligation is different, these principles should be considered as a whole because each one complements the other. The concept of sustainable development, however, is more obvious among the concepts of international law of the environment than the principles. The present article studies the principles together with the concepts related to sustainable development in the international law of environment.