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Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century
Rinata Kazak
Department of Legal and State History, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine. Email: r.a.kazak@nlu.edu.ua
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 001, 126-135. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
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This article considers the evolution of public participation in environmental protection and the “green movement” in the USSR and subsequent legal developments in the later part of 20th century. The article deals with legal history, using the diachronic methods to examine the evolution of public participation in environmental protection under the pressure of the totalitarian regime. The public participation in the USSR is divided into three main historical stages. An overview of the main challenges and achievements of the "green movement” in the USSR during 1950s-1990s is included; as well as causes and consequences of environmental activities in the USSR are highlighted. The three stages of the evolution of public participation in the mid-20th century are as follows: The first stage (up to 1980s) is characterized by the non-politicized activity, usually initiated by students or created by tourist clubs; the second stage (1980s – 1990s) has a special feature that is, liberalization of the political movement; and the third stage (beginning of 1990s) is described by the significant decline of interest in the Nature protection activities, which can be attributed to the unstable political environment at that time.
Environmental law; Public participation; USSR; Nature protection; Environmental history
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Rinata Kazak, ‘Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century’ (2021) 001 Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 126-135. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
Kazak,R. (2021). Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001:126-135. Doi:https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
Kazak,R. (2021). Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001,126-135. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
KazakR. Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 2021, 001:126-135. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
Kazak, Rinata. 2021. “Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001:126-135. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
Kazak, Rinata. 2021. “Environmental Protection and Public Participation in the USSR during the Latter 20th Century”. Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 001:126-135. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp001.06
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