Legal regulation of public access to information in the field of environmental protection and use of natural resources

Abstract

The paper studies the aspect of ensuring the equilibrium state of the environment. And one of the components of providing such a state is information about the state of the environment in question. The authors note that the aspects of such information's importance are fully disclosed. Its theoretical construct is defined, and an idea is formed about which sector the information of the ecological type is most relevant to a civil or a specialized ecological one. The subject of the study is information that relates to the ecological state of the natural environment, as well as to the human environment. Legal systems of the post-Soviet countries and the countries of North America are investigated.