2. the polluter pays principle: n environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the natural environment.the precautionary principle: The precautionary principle or precautionary approach states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action. <br />
![Environmental policies<br />By<br />Jorge Enrique Franco. S.<br />Pablo Andres Garcia. S.<br />Environmental Policies meaning.<br />Environmental policy is any [course of] action deliberately taken [or not taken] to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on humans.<br />The law about environmental policies in Colombia is changed each 4 years and the entity who direct and order everything is “Ministerio del Medio Ambiente”.<br />PRINCIPLES<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/environmentalpolicies-110507093252-phpapp02/85/environmental-policies-1-320.jpg)
