ARTICLE · 01 OCTOBER 1996
Overview On Portuguese Environmental Law
"Each and every citizen has the right to a human and ecologically balanced environment and the duty to defend it, being the State entrusted, through its departments and pursuant to popular and communitarian appeals, to promote the improvement of both individual and collective quality of life".
(Law n. 11/87, 4 April, article 2(1)).
INTRODUCTION
Portuguese legislation on Environmental issues is very recent, being the Law n. 11/87 - "The Environmental Main Law"("EML") the starting point for all further legislation (despite an "right to the environment" previewed on the Portuguese Constitution of 1976 - article 66). In fact, since 1987 more than 200 statutes were published.
Furthermore, only in 1991 a Ministry of the Environment was created. This Ministry is however becoming more important and assigned with an increasing budget to achieve its goals. However, as we will see, there is still a lot to be done...
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