Liability for environmental offences
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write three examples of environmental offences.
Dropping waste in water; cutting trees without permission; pouring a harmful substance in an undesignated place.
2
What is the main difference between administrative and criminal environmental liability?
Criminal liability is for more dangerous acts and brings punishment by court verdict; administrative liability is for less dangerous offences, usually a fine.
3
Write in 3 sentences what leaving rubbish by a river when relaxing can lead to.
Rubbish pollutes the water and harms animals. The offender may be fined. The best choice is to take the rubbish away.
4
Explain “compensation for damage” with an invented example.
If a company harms a river, it pays for cleaning and for fish losses.
5
Write three safety rules for relaxing in a forest.
Only adults light fire, in a permitted place; fully put it out when leaving; take the rubbish away.