Economics of ecological penalties for environmental pollution caused by livestock farms
https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2021-349-5-78-80
Abstract
The article deals with the problem of assessing the amount of fines for environmental pollution. Individual cases are analyzed on the example of Russia and the United States on the problems of disposal and storage of manure. It was revealed that in the USA the amount of fines is calculated for each day of detected pollution. In addition, the law in the United States obliges to store manure in closed tanks, which is not the case in Russian legislative practice. Russian livestock farms are distinguished by high economic efficiency, however, if violations of environmental legislation are detected, they pay insignificant fines in the range of 700–800 thousand rubles in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses. It is necessary to develop a mechanism for equalizing economic profits and costs for third parties, as well as the creation of a modern monitoring system and open data on the facts of environmental pollution and related environmental indicators. The paper is written under the RANEPA’s State research assignment.
About the Author
A. S. Strokov
Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service under the President of Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
119571, Russian Federation, Moscow, рrospekt Vernadskogo, 82
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Strokov A.S. Economics of ecological penalties for environmental pollution caused by livestock farms. Agrarian science. 2021;344(5):78-80. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2021-349-5-78-80
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