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1. INTRODUCTION
adopted a second resolution on Harmony with Nature. Since 2011, the United
Nations has annually invited scientists, professionals, and others to participate
in an interactive dialogue on this day, promoting harmony with nature and
exploring ways to strengthen human connections with the natural world.
Similarly, motivated by a commitment to care for our common home,
interdisciplinary dialogue, and spiritual renewal, Pope Francis, in his letter
to cardinals on August 6, 2015, stated:
"(...) we wish to contribute to resolving the ecological crisis which humanity
is presently experiencing. In doing so, we must first rediscover in our own
rich spiritual patrimony the deepest motivations for our concern for the
care of creation. (...) The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of
Creation will offer individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity
to reaffirm their personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank
God for the wonderful handwork which he has entrusted to our care, and
to implore his help for the protection of creation as well as his pardon for
the sins committed against the world in which we live."
The initiatives mentioned above reflect a universal desire for renewal in
humanity’s relationship with nature, both at individual and societal levels,
emphasizing the need for harmony with the natural world. Legal cultures
have long embodied this relationship, as evidenced by regulations on nature
conservation, environmental protection, agricultural law, and, in many cases,
international legal frameworks.
Economic profit motives often underlie the failure of environmental
protection, highlighting the growing importance of effective environmental
control mechanisms. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the
consensus that shapes legislation plays a critical role in determining the most
effective social regulatory instruments for protecting nature. This consensus
is in turn shaped by social processes, traditions, worldviews, historical
institutional frameworks, geographical factors, and, notably, the affiliation
to specific legal families, as will be discussed later. Excessive long quotations
and under-documented.
4 Pope Francis, “Letter for the Establishment of the ‘World Day of Prayer for the Care of
Creation (1 September)” (6 August 2015), Libreria Editrice Vaticana, https://www.vatican.
va/content/francesco/en/letters/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150806_lettera-giornata¬
cura-creato.html.
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