Environmental legislation and its evolution as a guide for environmental education in Venezuela

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the evolution of environmental legislation in Venezuela, to raise current environmental problems and to take a position on the achievement or not of the ultimate goal of environmental legislation, which should be to provide and enforce a set of laws that govern the state in matters of environment. The modality of the article is Documentary Review, product of a qualitative documentary investigation. The article presents a series of discussions that highlight the human need to create sustainability through its actions, counteracting the non-applicability of laws and the inertia of most of its habitants. The results of the analysis show that we must point towards an environmental education beyond the promulgated laws. This education must be based on ecological values that will induce society to have an ecological think and so promote a sustainable life.