Environment and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: A Legal Study in the Context of International Trends

Abstract

This paper attempts to focus on environment and sustainable development in Bangladesh. The research
will be based upon theoretical sources and empirical data. An environment is a set of natural, artificial or
man-made, physical, chemical and biological elements that make the existence, transformation and
development of living organisms possible The appearance of the environmental law arose from the need to
conserve the environment in order to avoid its destruction and, as a result, the danger that an adequate
quality of life might disappear. By conservation we understand all those measures that are necessary to
preserve the environment and natural resources. In modern times human development corresponds to the
concept of sustainable development and environment. It is a transverse theme derived from joint
consideration of the issue of the environment and environmental protection, and of all that concerns
production in the development of a country or nation. It is a noble journey to make the constitution a
weapon in as much as the environment should be fit for human development so that productive activities
may meet present needs without compromising those of future generations. The environment is an
independent value and needs as strict protection as other commonly agreed values such as the right to
property or the right to life and health. The principal objectives are to study:- To explain come to an
understanding of origin and growth as to the concept of environment and sustainable development in
domestic and international laws and to show the rationality of enlisting the right to the environment as a
basic right in the constitution that would help to protect this value from the detrimental activities of private
entities and also states and also to show the rationality of institutional development