Brinchuk, M.M. Potential of the nature as a methodological basis for international and national environmental law

Abstract: The article supports the use of category “environmental potential” as a new instrument of formation of international and national environmental policy and ecological law, which is aimed to solve the problems of “living by ecological means”. The potential of nature as an instrument can be reasonably used in ecological law taking into account the existing degradation of nature, the needs for specific natural resources and the abilities to regain them, development based on ecological footprint, productivity of the biosphere of the planet

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