Course: Environmental Protection - Legislation and Government I

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Course title Environmental Protection - Legislation and Government I
Course code UECHI/C257
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Audrlická Vavrušová Lenka, Ing.
  • Krejčová Anna, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Generally binding legislation on environmental protection. Departmental organisations of the Ministry of the Environment.Environmental law, initial thesis, links to other environmental legislation. Act on Environmental Impact Assessment, IPPC. Water management legislation. Legislation on air protection. Legislation on nature and landscape protection. Legislation on the protection of agricultural land resources and forestry. Legislation in the area of protection of rock environment. Waste management legislation. Legislation on GMOs. International legal context, major international conventions in the field of environmental protection. European Community environmental policy, development of the European Community's environmental policy and its basic principles.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to create a basic idea of the legal regulation of individual components of the environment. The course completes the complex environmental issues presented in the subjects Ecology and Environmental Basics.
After completing the course, the student is able to orientate in the issues of legal regulation of individual components of the environment and in the organization of goverment in the field of environmental protection and creation. Basic environmental legal services are provided for further profesional activities.
Prerequisites
Basic general overview of environmental issues.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

The final oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Vyhlášky a nařízení doplňující výše uvedené zákony.
  • Zákon České národní rady o ochraně zemědělského půdního fondu č. 334/1992 Sb..
  • Zákon Federálního shromáždění o ochraně a využití nerostného bohatství (horní zákon) č. 44/1988 Sb..
  • Zákon o nakládání s geneticky modifikovanými organismy a genetickými produkty č.78/2004 Sb..
  • Zákon o odpadech č.185/2001 Sb..
  • Zákon o ochraně ovzduší č. 201/2012 Sb..
  • Zákon o posuzování vlivů na životní prostředí č. 100/2001 Sb..
  • Zákon o vodách a o změně některých zákonů (vodní zákon) č.254/2001 Sb..
  • Zákon o životním prostředí č. 17/1992 Sb..


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