Mentioned above exceptional publication provides comprehensive view on environmentalistics and law development in Slovakia and around the world. Environmentalistics as the science discipline, its philosophical fundaments, its relationship to various philosophical trends, its development and position in natural and social sciences system is presented to readers. Special chapter is devoted to environmental law system, environmental law terminology, environmentalistics position in law system, its place in constitutions, its division and position in individual states. Chapters „International environmental law“ and „International organizations“ are devoted to environmental law application in international connections.
Environmentalistics and environmental law development in Slovakia are detailly described, too.
Readers can see the full scope of the book from the table of contents presented below:

CONTENTS

Forward 9
Development in the World 25
Environmentalistics fundament 25
Primary tactic of nature approach - physiotactics 25
Hygiene and morality principles - substance of survival and environmentalistics 25
Nature cognition - assumption of environmentalistics development 33
Scientific basis of environmentalistics - ecology 46
Philosophic fundaments on environmentalistics - environmentalism 51
Environmentalistics - social sector 60

Law system and environmental law 63
Environmentalistics in law system 63
Environmentalistics in constitutions 63
Environmentalistics in penal and administrative law 64
Basis of national environmental law 66
Division of environmental law 66

Water protection 71
Water law 71
Water courses protection 75
Lakes protection 76
Waterfalls protection 76
Seas protection 77
Litoral waters and seashores protection 77

Forests protection 78
Forest law 78
National (state) forests 86
Specially protected forests and protected forest areas 86

Atmosphere protection 87

Ozone layer protection 90

Territorial nature and landscape protection 91

Protected areas system creating 91
Nature monuments 91
National nature monuments 92
Parks 92
Nature parks 93
Public parks - national parks 93
State/provincial/regional parks 96
Protected regions and protected landscape areas 97
Protected areals 98
Protected natural heritage 99
Protected zones 99
Protected study areas and stations (centres) 100
National seashores and national lakeshores 100
Protected places and protected lines 101
National fauna refuges and national wildlife refuges 101
Sanctuaries 102
Reservations 103
Nature reservations/protected nature areas 105
Development of protected areas system 107
Systems of protected areas 116
Unification of protected areas categories 121
World system of protected areas 123

Wildlife protection - organisms 126
Wildlife protection - fauna - hunter and fisherman law 126
Wildlife protection - flora 132
Special wildlife protection - organisms 133
Threatened species of flora and fauna protection against export 140
National red books/Red lists 141
Threatened species of organisms in the world and the Red IUCN list 148
Sea ecosystems protection and sea fisheries 151
Nature protection and rational use of natural resources 152
Interconnection of territorial, species and component nature protection and natural resources protection 152
Ecological stability achievement 169
Soil protection 170
Minerals protection - geological and mine laws 171
Environment protection 173
Anxiety for environmental synthesis in environmental law 173
Environmental education, environmental planning, environmental regionalization and environmental monitoring 180
Access to environmental information 180
Environmental audit 180
Economic instruments environmentally oriented 181
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) 181
Territorial planning and building order 183
Cultural heritage protection in landscape 187
Energy production, consumption and reduction 190
Protection against physical risk factors 190
Protection against noise, vibrations and ionizing radiation and nuclear safety 190
Civil protection 192
Protection against chemical risk factors - harmful /hazardous substances, wastes and waste management 192
Human health protection, hygiene, veterinary care and animal protection 199
Genetically modified organisms /GMOs/ 200
Environmentalistics terminology in environmental law 201

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 205

Programme development of international environmental law 205

Multilateral international conventions 205

Fauna protection 205

Territorial nature and landscape protection / biological and landscape diversity and natural resources protection 210

Environmental protection - environmental safety and suitability 215

Atmosphere protection 218

Forest degradation and desertification 220

Flora protection 221

Water and river basins/catchment areas protection 222

Sea environment and seashores protection 224

Waste 228

Environmental risks and human health 229

Protection against ionizing radiation 231

Nuclear energy 231

Nuclear safety and threat to life, health and environment by military means 232

Cosmic physiotactics 234

Humaneness and ethics 234

Human rights 235

Domestic animals protection 236

Cultural heritage protection 236

Bilateral international agreements 237

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 241

United nations organization (UNO) 241

United nations institutions 241

Organizations associated to the UN 242

The World Bank and Global environmental Facility (GEF) 245

UN Programmes 247

Funds in the UN system 249

United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 249

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 252

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 254

World Health Organization (WHO) 255

The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE) - Stockholm 1972 257

UN mesurements system 258

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) 261

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) - Rio de Janeiro 262

Post-Rio process and Commission on Sustainable Development 264

National commissions (councils, committees) on sustainable development 269

Important undertakings/events within the UNO 270

UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 272

Regional UN economic commissions 278

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 279

International awards 295

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 298

Environmental events 301

Former Council for mutual economic assistance (CMEA) 306

European Union (EU) 310

From European Communities to European Union 310

Environmental law of European Union 321

The White Paper and environmental law approximation 336

European Environment Agency (EEA) 338

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 340

Financial institutions and funds within EU 341

Environmental conception documents of EU 341

European Council (EC) 344

Organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) 349

Commonwealth and Communauté Franca ise 354

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 355

Other considerable intergovernmental organizations and associations 357

Organization of American States (OAS) 357

Organization of Middle American States - Organización de Esta dos Centroamericanos (ODECA) and other associations in America 357

Nordic Council (NC) 358

League of Arab States (LAS) 358

Organizations in Asia and the Pacific 359

Organizations of Africa 359

Informal associations 360

The Movement of Non-participating Countries 361

Central European Initiative (CEI) and

Central European Free Trade Association (CEFTA) 361

International non-governmental environmental organizations (NGOs) 362

International environmental funds and foundations 370

International financial institutions 372

Various international organizations, associations and commissions 373

ENVIRONMENTALISTICS DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING 412

Environmentalistics development conditions and its importance 412

Environmental planning 413

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXECUTIVE 422

Origination of environmental state administration 422

Ministries of environment and forests 422

Ministries of agriculture and environment 423

Ministries of nature resources and environment 426

Ministries of environment 429

Ministries of sciences, technics and environment 438

Ministries of territorial (regional) development and environment 439

Ministries of territorial planning and environment 440

Ministries of building/housing and environment 440

Ministries of public works and environment 441

Ministries of tourism and environment 443

Ministries of health and environment 444

Ministries of environment with other competencies /jurisdiction 445

States with competence division as for environment protection 447

Collective/joint environmental bodies/authorities 448

Environmental protection executive in federal states 450

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 459

NATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 488

POLITICAL PARTIES and/or “GREEN” MOVEMENTS 520

DEVELOPMENT IN SLOVAKIA 525

ENVIRONMENTALISTICS FUNDAMENTS AND NATURE MONUMENTS PROTECTION 525

Environmentalistics beginnings in 18^th and 19^th centuries 525

Karol Kaán environmental conception 526

Development in the first Czecho-Slovakia republic 529

NATURE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION 531

Nature protection codification 531

Social evaluating of protected nature parts 532

Central state administration and nature protection conservationists 533

Creation of local state administration nature protection 534

Specialized organizations of state nature protection 535

Complicated way to the new act of nature and landscape protection 537

Creation of protected areas system 542

The first protected areas and their lists 542

Creation of the protected areas system up to 1945 year 543

Nature reservations from 1945 to 1980 years 546

Cancelled and forgotten protected areas 547

The first protected nature formations and protected nature monuments 548

Preventive measures of nature protection 549

Creation stages/phases of protected areas system 551

National parks (NP) 552

Tatry/Tatras NP (1948) 552

Pieniny NP (1967) 555

Nízke Tatry/Low Tatras NP (1978) 556

Slovenský raj/Slovak Paradise NP and Malá Fatra/Small Fatra NP (1988) 557

Muránska planina/plain NP and Poloniny NP (1997) 559

Creation programmes of protected areas and protected landscape areas (PLA)

systems 560

The first creation programmes of protected areas system and the first PLA 560

Project of protected areas netscape creation in the SSR till the year 2000 561

Generel of superior-regional territorial system of ecological stability 563

Completing of national parks and protected landscape areas system in The National Environmental Action Programme 563

Conception of territorial nature and landscape protection in the SR 564

FORESTS PROTECTION 564

TREES GROWING OUT OF FOREST, PARKS AND GARDENS PROTECTION 567

WILD FLORA PROTECTION 569

WILD FAUNA PROTECTION, GAME PROTECTION AND HUNTING LAW 570

FISH PROTECTION AND FISHERY 574

WATER PROTECTION, ITS BILANCING AND WATER MANAGEMENT 575

HUMAN HEALTH PROTECTION 579

Hygiene and suitable life conditions protection 579

Health safety and protection at work, civil protection and fire protection 580

Protection against harmful/hazardous substances 582

Protection against noise, vibration and electromagnetic radiation 583

Protection against ionizing radiation and nuclear safety 583

VETERINARY TREATMENT AND ANIMAL PROTECTION 585

ATMOSPHERE AND OZONE LAYER PROTECTION 586

Atmosphere protection 586

Ozone layer protection 587

WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 588

SOIL / land protection and agriculture utilization 589

MINERALS PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION 591

Mining law geological works 591

Minerals protection from the nature protection point of view 593

CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN LANDSCAPE 593

TERRITORIAL PLANNING, BUILDING ORDER AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGIONALIZATION 596

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 600

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND 601

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 601

ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 606

ENVIRONMENT ACT AND BASIC ENVIRONMENTALISM TERMS 607

ENVIRONMENTALISTICS TERMINOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 611

ENVIRONMENTALISTICS TERMINOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTS 628

SELECTED LAW REGULATIONS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC DETERMINING AND INFLUENCING PHYSIOTACTICS 663

ENVIRONMENT - CREATION AND PROTECTION 663

HEALTH PROTECTION AND INHABITANTS life conditions, WAY OF LIFE AND civil protection 671

LANDSCAPE CREATION AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT 680

CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN LANDSCAPE 682

NATURE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION 693

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS 793

ATMOSPHERE AND OZONE LAYER PROTECTION 794

WATER PROTECTION, ITS BILANCING AND WATER MANAGEMENT 795

WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 797

ionizing radiation and nuclear safety 798

ENVIRONMENTAL SAfety and suitability of buildings 799

MINERALS PROTECTION, UTILIZATION OF MINERALS BEDS/DEPOSITS AND GEOLOGICAL WORKS 803

SOIL AND FOREST PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION 804

BEES, GAME AND FISH PROTECTION - BEEKEEPING/APICULTURE, HUNTING AND FISHERY 807

VETERINARY CARE AND ANIMAL PROTECTION 808

WORLD CHARTER FOR NATURE 811

THE STOCKHOLM DECLARATION 817

THE RIO DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 825

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT UNGASS 831

THE NAIROBI DECLARATION 835

THE TOKYO DECLARATION 1997 841

THE ISTANBUL DECLARATION ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 853

CONFERENCE ON SAFETY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE -FINAL ACT 859

CHARTER FOR NEW EUROPE 865

DECLARATION OF THE 1^st PANEUROPEAN CONFERENCE “ENVIRONMENT FOR EUROPE” 869

DECLARATION OF THE 2^ndPANEUROPEAN CONFERENCE “ENVIRONMENT FOR EUROPE” 879

DECLARATION OF THE 3^rd PANEUROPEAN CONFERENCE “ENVIRONMENT FOR EUROPE” 889

EUROPEAN CHARTER OF TERRITORIAL PLANNING 903

EUROPEAN WATER CHARTER 911

HELSINKI DECLARATION TO ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH IN EUROPE 917

OVERALL RANKING OF EUROPE´S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 929

No. 17/1992 ENVIRONMENT ACT (in wording of Act No. 127/1994 and Act No. 287/1994) 933

No. 287/1994 ACT ON PROTECTION OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE in wording of Act No. 222/1996 941

ORIENTATION, PRINCIPLES, PRIORITIES AND AIMS OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS STRATEGY IN THE SR 995

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME 1009

AGENDA 21 APPLICATION AND EVALUATING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC 1015

LIST OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL PROPERTIES (to 1^st Dec. 1999) 1031

582 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List 1031

AFRICA 1031

AMERICA 1034

AUSTRALIA and OCEANIA 1038

ASIA 1039

EUROPE 1043

EPILOGUE 1053

AUTHOR REGISTER 1071

ABBREVATIONS 1097

TILL THE YEAR 2000 and AFTER THE YEAR 2000 1177

PAST- PRESENT- FUTURE 1177

MAN- LIFE- BEAUTY- GOOD 1178

FOR ETERNAL LIFE 1180

CONTENTS 1181

PRINCIPLES- EXPERIENCES- PRECEPTS 1197

AVE STELLA! 1198