The Supreme Inspection Commission and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration established a collaborative mechanism on the first National Ecological Day to consolidate the legal force for protecting and developing forest and grass resources
2023-08-16
On the first National Ecological Day, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration issued the "Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Collaborative Mechanism for Forest and Grassland Administrative Law Enforcement and Prosecutorial Public Interest Litigation" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), promoting the formation of a legal force to punish illegal activities in accordance with the law, protect and develop forest and grass resources, and improving the modernization level of the forest and grass governance system and governance capacity. Opinions: Continuously strengthening cooperation awareness and working together to protect forest and grass resources; Give full play to the role of procuratorial public interest litigation and improve the level of forest and grass governance; Strictly perform duties and responsibilities in accordance with the law, and collaborate to promote case handling; Establishing a sound cooperation mechanism and continuously enriching the forms of cooperation require the cooperation between forest and grass administrative law enforcement and procuratorial public interest litigation in four aspects. The Opinion emphasizes that protecting and developing forest and grass resources is an important content of ecological civilization construction, which is related to national ecological security, beautiful China, and the modernization construction of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. It is necessary to provide strong guarantees for forest and grass work with the strictest system and the strictest rule of law. Establishing and improving the cooperation mechanism between forest and grass administrative law enforcement and public interest litigation, strengthening the benign interaction between procuratorial organs and forest and grass departments, promoting the implementation of various work tasks, and safeguarding the protection and development of forest and grass resources through the rule of law is of great significance for improving the level of forest and grass governance and regulatory capacity, and promoting the integrated protection of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and sand. The Opinion points out that procuratorial organs at all levels should fully fulfill their duties in public interest litigation, increase support for forest and grass work, and legally supervise illegal acts that harm national or public interests in the forest and grass field. For cases involving multiple regulatory responsibilities, fully utilize the legal supervision function, urge relevant departments to fulfill their responsibilities, and collaborate to promote the protection and governance of forest and grass resources. The Opinion emphasizes that forest and grass departments at all levels should attach importance to and play the role of procuratorial public interest litigation, support procuratorial organs in carrying out their work, work together to improve the quality and efficiency of case handling, and ensure full performance of duties and responsibilities. To correctly grasp the value and function of procuratorial public interest litigation, further strengthen cooperation with procuratorial organs, regard procuratorial public interest litigation as a strong backing for fulfilling duties and maintaining law enforcement credibility in accordance with the law, seriously cooperate with administrative public interest litigation supervision, and actively seek support for civil public interest litigation. The Opinion requires that procuratorial organs and forestry and grass departments at all levels should further expand communication channels and methods on the basis of existing cooperation, and establish regular and diversified cooperation mechanisms. We need to deepen information sharing and regularly report to each other important work deployments, major policy decisions, and law enforcement and judicial cases related to the forest and grass fields; Strengthen cooperation in handling cases, do a good job in connecting ecological and environmental damage compensation with public interest litigation, and promote the handling of cases of major damage to forest and grass resources; Strengthen research supervision, conduct special research on systemic and universal issues in the protection and management of forest and grass resources, and propose countermeasures and suggestions; Joint promotion of business development and joint promotion. (New News Agency)
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