ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

Abstract

The paper deals with the analysis of environmental protection in contemporary conditions of life and environment, when its pollution is increasingly present due to industrialization in which dirt technologies are often used, as well as human negligence towards nature and others. The aim of the research is to define the concept and goals of environmental protection, the legal basis for its regulation, the principles of protection, the concept of sustainable development, through the analysis of regulations related to the field of environmental protection in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. The conclusion reached by the research is that one of the key problems in the modern world is the protection of the environment and its improvement by applying appropriate mechanisms and measures. Also, it was concluded that the objectives of environmental protection are: preserving and protecting the health of people, ecosystems, genomes of animal and plant species, fertility of the land; natural beauty and spatial values; cultural heritage and goods created by man; providing conditions for a limited, reasonable and sustainable management of living and nonliving nature; preserving ecological stability of nature, quantity and quality of natural resources; prevention of hazards and risks to the environment. Bearing in mind the current activities in our country on the implementation of modern environmental standards, one can conclude that an important step has been made, which requires even greater efforts to achieve an enviable level of progress in this area.