Venezuela: Venezuela Environment Profile 2012
2012/04/06
Venezuela Environment Profile 2012
The environment is a major concern in the national constitution, which holds the state responsible for environmental protection. The constitution establishes the individual and collective right to a safe, healthy, and ecologically balanced environment, as well as an economic order based, among other things, on the protection of the environment. In addition, the constitution ties the nation’s security to the promotion and conservation of the environment. Venezuela has huge protected areas, although their supervision needs to be improved. Extensive illegal logging, for example, occurs in the frontier areas controlled by the military. Solid waste recovery and disposal is a major problem in the cities. Although the abolition of plumbed gasoline has improved vehicle gas emissions, the extremely low cost of gas – $0.042 per liter – stimulates the sale of gas-guzzlers, especially SUVs. The government does not regulate vehicle emissions. It also fails to exercise control over industrial emissions especially in the oil industry, although regulations establish tight limits. In sum, the state concerns itself only sporadically with environmental matters. The country’s institutional framework for environmental management is understaffed and inadequate.
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