ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY AS A GUARANTEE OF NATIONAL SECURITY

Abstract

In 2021, the problems of ecology and environmental safety are the most pressing issues for the world scientific community. The basic principles of the national ecological security of Ukraine and the creation of a comprehensive programme to ensure environmental safety, biosecurity, and prevent the spread of dangerous infectious diseases deserve special attention. The purpose of the presented research is to study the issues of environmental safety in Ukraine, in particular, to clarify the specific features of the measures of the international system of environmental safety and their organisation in Ukraine. In the process of research the methods of synthesis and analysis of information, method of classification, method of systematisation, analysis of scientific literature on the researched topic were used. In the course of the research the basic principles of national ecological security of Ukraine were determined. The organisation of an international system of environmental safety requires the adoption of mandatory principles and standards of national conduct, and the establishment of basic principles of cooperation. Global issues, including the environment, cannot be resolved other than by a concerted effort based on consensus. It was determined that ensuring environmental safety and a favourable state of the environment should be recognised as a public priority for development. In practice, this principle means that socio-economic programmes must meet environmental requirements. Ukraine is taking measures to ensure biosecurity, prevent the spread of dangerous infectious diseases and support international efforts in this area. The practical value of the presented study is that it can be used to study the problem of environmental safety. The presented research can be used by theorists and practitioners to study the issue of environmental safety, and used as a basis for further study of the problem