Chapter 20
Legal Protection of the Environment

Find the correct answer for each question.

1. Liability

   1.   ?    Means ”responsibility” in a legal perspective.
   2.   ?    Means ”guilt” in a legal perspective.
   3.   ?    Means ”not responsible” in a legal perspective

2. Concessions is

   1.   ?    Another word for forbidden.
   2.   ?    Another word for permissions.
   3.   ?    Another word for compliance with the law.

3. The first environmental laws:

   1.   ?    Prohibited the use of certain chemicals in agriculture
   2.   ?    Prohibited overfishing.
   3.   ?    Prohibited waste dumping in the sea

4. The precautionary principle means that:

   1.   ?    If you are not sure of the environmental impact, don’t do it!
   2.   ?    The environmental impact of an activity must be assesed by the party who want to start the activity.
   3.   ?    The environmental impact of an activity must be assesed by experts that are neutral.

5. The abbreviation EIA means:

   1.   ?    Environmental Inspection Assembly
   2.   ?    Environmental Investigation Authority
   3.   ?    Environmental Impact Assessment

6. UNCED is:

   1.   ?    An abbreviation for the Rio Conference on the Environment and Development in 1992
   2.   ?    United Nations Convention on Economic Development
   3.   ?    United Nations Century of Environmental Development

7. The Hallandsåsen tunnel project is located in:

   1.   ?    Finland
   2.   ?    Denmark
   3.   ?    Sweden

8. The Gabcikovo-Nagymaros project is about the use of a river in Europé. Which one?

   1.   ?    Nemunas
   2.   ?    Danube
   3.   ?    Oder

9. How far from the coastline are the territorial waters of a state in general?

   1.   ?    56 nautical miles
   2.   ?    12 nautical miles
   3.   ?    36 nautical miles

10. The Aarhus convention from 1998 is:

    1.   ?    On access to information and public participation in environmental matters
    2.   ?    A treaty of fishing quotas agreed between all states bordering the Baltic Sea
    3.   ?    Is a treaty regulating oil transports on the Baltic Sea

11. The MARPOL convention from 1973/78 is a:

    1.   ?    Treaty regulating national responsibility for long-range airborne pollution in the European Union
    2.   ?    Treaty regulating when international environmental impact assessments are necessary in transboundary projects
    3.   ?    Treaty that ban pollution from ships in the Baltic Sea