The legal framework for sports development and the environmental protection

Abstract

Objectives Sport is an important element of public health, politics and business. The popularity of active sporting is increasing part of society. However, the passive participation in sports events is important too. On the need for active and passive sports is necessary to build sports infrastructure. Material and methods The dynamic growth of the sports sector makes people to ask the question about its impact on the natural environment. There is actually no major research on this subject and the proof of it can be found in the fact that there are residual and insufficient legal regulations on this matter. Results Hence, the research hypothesis is that the sport is not a sector indifferent to the environment, and may even pose a rather serious threat. The aim of the research is to analyze the law and EU documents as well as Polish regulations in terms of searching for solutions that protect the natural environment against excessive interference of sport in the environment Conclusions The final conclusions indicate on the need to revise the EU and Polish legal system regarding sports sector, to increase the sensitivity on the protection of environment.

Keywords

• environmental protection
• the impact of sport on the environment
• European law
• environmental law
• sports facilities
• playing sports