A review on environmental priority in Iran's governance instruments

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of environment,, Natural Resources Faculty, University of Tehran

2 Environment Department, Natural Resources Faculty, University of Tehran

3 Water Management Department, Agriculture Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University

Abstract

A comprehensive understanding of the governance mechanisms in relation to the environment and sustainable management of natural resources at the state level can provide a practical platform for improving governance in the long-term development of countries, especially developing countries which natural resources and human environment are at risk due to unsustainable development. In this article, after defining the basic concepts related to governance, based on governance triangle and the relation among state, market and civil society and its evolutionary process at the national and international level, the historical trend of governance in Iran is reviewed in relation to the environment and sustainable development. Since every governance system uses certain instruments to implement its policies for the purpose of individual or social changes, the 4 main categories of governance instruments considered as legal (regulatory), economic (incentive), communication (awareness) and infrastructural are the basis of examining the position of the environment in Iran's governance mechanisms to systematically analyze the relationship between governance and environmental protection.
Through reviewing the governance instruments in Iran based on a literature review of related articles and national reports; the issue of environment has been adequately considered only in the legal section, but these laws and policies have not been adequately supported by other governance instruments for being reasonably implemented. Even though, other instrument specifically economic and infrastructure instruments being used in the favor environmental destruction. For this reason, it seems that the position of the environment in Iran's governance instruments needs serious revision.

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  • Receive Date: 06 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 10 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 11 September 2023

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