Gabriela A. Popoviciu – University of Oradea, Faculty of Environmental Protection, 26 Gen. Magheru Bld, 410048 Oradea, Bihor, Romania
Mircea-Sebastian Mancia – University of Oradea, Faculty of Constructions, Cadastre and Architecture, 4 B. St. Delavrancea Street, 410058 Oradea, Bihor, Romania
Emanuela-Iulia Dragomir – University of Oradea, Faculty of Constructions, Cadastre and Architecture, 4 B. St. Delavrancea Street, 410058 Oradea, Bihor, Romania
Iuliu-Cristian Dragomir – Bihor County Inspectorate, 11 Mihai Eminescu Street, 410010, Oradea, Romania
Keywords: Right to a healthy and
protected environment;
Environmental policies;
Clean environment
Abstract: The present paper wants to bring more knowledge regarding the environment, the legislation regarding environmental conservation, as well as notions regarding ecology and environmental protection. The authors consider the topic exciting due to its topicality, expansion and importance, requiring extensive research and documentation, to assemble the knowledge necessary for its development. Environmental protection is a major issue of the last decade debated worldwide, a fact that has given rise to numerous disputes between developed and developing countries. Our environmental policies ensure a clean environment for the health of the country’s inhabitants, decrease poverty and environmental damage, ensure economic growth for the benefit of current and future generations, and harmonize specific environmental legislation with that of the European Union. But, without behavioral transformations from human beings’ side and our education in this sense, sustainable development can’t be ensured.
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Suggested citation
Popoviciu, G. A., Mancia, M. S., Dragomir, E. I., & Dragomir, I. C. (2023). The Recognition of the Right to a Healthy and Protected Environment in Europe and Romania In V. Bevanda (Ed.), ERAZ Conference – Knowlegde Based Sustainable Development: Vol 9. Conference Proceedings (pp. 501-511). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2023.501
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