The concept of forming the legal foundations of the Eurasian environmentally safe space

  • Tamara I. Makarova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Eleonora S. Navasardova North-Caucasus Federal University, 1 Pushkina Street, Stavropol 355017, Russia
  • Viсtoria E. Lizgaro Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Oleg V. Moroz Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Natalia A. Shingel Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Maria P. Kurylovich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus; Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Abstract

Legal approaches of a conceptual nature in relation to the formation of a space of environmental security on the territory of the states that are parties to the Eurasian Economic Union are being explored. Political and other factors influencing this process, as well as general and special (environmental) principles that can form the basis of the concept of an environmentally safe space, are determined. The rationale for introducing the definition of environmentally safe space into the categorical apparatus of the science of environmental law is proposed. It has been proved that the existing legal mechanisms of environmental protection (environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, environmental review, monitoring, control) serve as a guarantee for ensuring environmental safety in the space of the EAEU, which can be the basis for convergence of legal approaches of the EAEU member states. It is proposed to consider public-private partnership as a condition for achieving the goals of sustainable development within the framework of integration formations. The place of legal regulation of sustainable nature management in the system of measures that make up the content of the legal category «environmentally safe space» and the directions of interaction between the EAEU member states in this area are determined.

Author Biographies

Tamara I. Makarova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (law), full professor; head of the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law

Eleonora S. Navasardova, North-Caucasus Federal University, 1 Pushkina Street, Stavropol 355017, Russia

doctor of science (law), full professor; head of the department of environmental, land and labour law, faculty of law

Viсtoria E. Lizgaro, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law

Oleg V. Moroz, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law

Natalia A. Shingel, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law

Maria P. Kurylovich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus; Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

lecturer at the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law, Belarusian State University, and junior researcher at the Centre for State Construction and Law, Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

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Published
2022-05-10
Keywords: ecologically safe space, law of the Eurasian Economic Union, environmental law, international environmental law, natural resources
Supporting Agencies The article was prepared with the financial support of the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research within the framework of the grant «Legal problems of the formation of a single environmentally safe space of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union».
How to Cite
Makarova, T. I., Navasardova, E. S., Lizgaro, V. E., Moroz, O. V., Shingel, N. A., & Kurylovich, M. P. (2022). The concept of forming the legal foundations of the Eurasian environmentally safe space. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law, 1, 100-111. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/law/article/view/4557
Issue
No 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law
Section
Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law and Agrarian Law