长江经济带环境公益诉讼实证分析——以11省市40起案件为视角

An Empirical Analysis of Environmental Public Interest Litigation in the Yangtze River Economic Belt——a case study of 40 cases in 11 provinces and cities

对长江经济带11省市2017-2018年审结的40起环境公益诉讼案件的实证分析表明,环境公益诉讼发展较快,有不少亮点和突破,表现为法院受案数量上升、受案范围拓宽、原告类型多样、被告范围较广、案件类型多元、原告诉求支持率高、责任制度体系完备、公众支持力度加大等。但是,在环境司法领域仍然存在案件分布偏在严重、诉求实现障碍明显、原告顺位定位不明、生态修复难度加大、司法鉴定成本偏高等诸多问题。在环境公益诉讼的探索和实践阶段,应当在法律制度的制定和运行中寻找问题的症结,不断反思并及时作出调适,善于进行制度创新,完善改革机制。

The empirical analysis of 40 environmental public interest litigation cases concluded in 11 provinces of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in 2017-2018 shows that environmental public interest litigation has developed rapidly and has many bright spots and breakthroughs,such as increased number of court cases,widened scope of cases,diverse types of plaintiffs,broadened scope of defendants,diverse types of cases,high support rate of plaintiff's claim,complete liability system,and the increased public support.However,there are still many problems in the field of environmental justice,such as the serious uneven distribution of cases,the obvious obstacles to the realization of claims,the unknown position of plaintiffs,the increasing difficulty of ecological restoration,and the high cost of judicial appraisal.In the exploration and practice stage of environmental public interest litigation,people should look for the crux of the problem in the formulation and operation of the legal system,constantly reflect on and make timely adjustment,make appropriate system innovation and improve the reform mechanism.