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1. Environmental Legislations in Bahrain
By Nikolaos Anagnostakis,
Environmental Lawyer, Chair of the Environmental
NGO Green Justice� �
-The present essay is the product of a thourough research, conducted for
long period and presented in Bahrain �
It is true that the commercial and industrial developments are the main reasons
for why the countries progress. But, it also brings some adverse effects for the
environment. As industries emit the dangerous gases which not only results in
the raising of temperature but also makes air unhealthy to breathe. It not only
creates the long lasting problems for the human species but for other animals as
well whether they are living in the water or open air. We should must focus on
the preservation of the ecosystem while concentrating on the other development
projects. It can be done by introducing laws that should set the baseline of
standards for this purpose such as treating of waste gases to make it less
harmful before releasing it into the atmosphere. We should also try to keep
environment neat and clean at the individual level as well such as avoiding of
throwing plastic bags or other items into the water bodies. The kingdom of
Bahrain have also taken some steps in this regard.
The real steps were taken in this regard, after the establishment of
Environmental Affairs Agency, a subsidiary Ministry of Housing, Municipalities
and Environment in 1983. The way toward making and upholding ecological
enactment in Bahrain began when the Government framed the Environmental
Protection Committee (EPC) in 1983 which was later moved up to an undeniable
Environmental Affairs (EA) office. In light of the Legislative Decree No. 21 of
1996, two fundamental directorates were shaped to be specific The Directorate of
Environmental Assessment and Planning and The Directorate of Environmental
Control. The EA was later overhauled and at exhibit is the Supreme Council for
Environment (SCE) which is overseeing and observing of the natural assets of the
nation headed by H.E. Dr. Mohamed Mubarek canister Daina, as Chief Executive.
The preservation of environment has been given a priority to some extent in
Bahrain Economic Vision 2030 and the National Strategic Master Plan 2030.
According to one legislation, anyone looking to set up an office or industry in
the nation needs to acquire a No Objection allow from the SCE, fulfilling� �
the prerequisites of crude materials, items, by-items, solid, fluid and unsafe
waste, chemicals, asset use (power, fuel, gas, water and so on.). They are
required to present an announcement demonstrating that their undertaking/action
wouldn t hurt the occupational and general wellbeing and effect the delicate�
national natural assets. The modern foundations are frequently being gone to by
the natural experts and overseers to check their consistence with the different
ecological properties. The rebelliousness regularly prompts alerts and rehashed
offense prompts cancelation of the Commercial Registration License. The SCE
defines rules, direction, strategies, benchmarks and enactment for the control
of any type of contamination, security at enterprises, squander administration
and protection of natural assets.
The kingdom of Bahrain have tried to protect the ecosystem in the usage of oil,
water, gas and other natural resources. It has also been moving towards the
clean energy production. The Government Initiative Committee has been
established for this purpose which proposed the use of CFL lights for the houses
and buildings and use of LED lights for roads or traffic signals. It also put
forward the construction power plant of about 5MW using the solar cells, a clean
energy source. The resolution for environment standards (Air and Water) was also
passed in 2001. It controls the leakage in pipes within buildings as well as
proposed to treat the water before using it to irrigate the crops. The
promulgation and implementation of resolution No.10 of 2006 concerning the�
installation of direct monitoring of air pollutants. According to this, five
monitoring stations were established in different parts of the country which
works day and night.

2. The Kingdom of Bahrain slowly but steadily is moving towards creating a cleaner
environment and has taken a lot of steps in this regard. But, there is a need to
do more. The gases being emitted from the cars and other vehicles are the major
source of pollution but no work has been done in this direction. Like this,
there are many other areas which needs to be addressed.