ADVANCING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT BEST PRACTICES

摘要

Environmental Collaboration: Shaping the future of regulation, compliance and enforcement together- that was the theme of a first-ever combined conference co-hosted by ELI as the Secretariat for the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) and the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators network, or AELERT, held March 10-13 in Adelaide, Australia, just before the pandemic cancelled so many international and other in-person gatherings. At the conference, more than 300 participants from 30 countries, representing all government levels and all regions on the inhabited continents, shared best practices and innovations. Through their collaboration, INECE and AELERT opened up numerous opportunities to cooperate and build capacity across regions, jurisdictions, and organizations in ways that are rarely possible for environmental regulators. Every vital topic-biodiversity and conservation, waste, pollution, marine environment, biosecurity, and climate change-was covered in a way that balanced the technical and operational aspects of issues with broader policy and strategic discussions. In the words of jazz musician Louis Armstrong, "So little time and so much to do."