ON THE ISSUE OF ECOLOGICAL CULTURE

Abstract

This article raises the issue of improving the ecological culture and environmental awareness of citizens, improving national legislation to solve existing problems, fill in gaps and generally improve the situation in the environmental sphere. The issues of caring for the environment and natural resources are relevant all over the world: humanity has undermined its own life support system, and the consequences of this affect each of us. The concept of "ecological culture" is multifaceted. TheEnvironmental Code of Kazakhstan establishes the definition of ecological culture, it is recognized as oneof the main personal values in the Republic of Kazakhstan,creating the basis not only for the development of human self-awareness, but also for the growth of the welfare of the state. States solve environmental protection problems using various instruments, including legal ones. National legislation provides for a large list of regulatory legal acts regulating issues in the field of ecology.Criminal and administrative liability is provided for violation of these norms. However, despite the progressiveness of Kazakhstan's environmental legislation, its purpose is to punish the nature user,not to restore and preserve the environment. In his Message dated September 2, 2024, the President of Kazakhstan emphasized the special responsibility of business in its approach to nature protection. In addition to improving legislation,one of the ways to solve environmental problems is the development of Concepts of environmental safety (1996,2004), the Concept of the development of ecological culture"Taza Kazakhstan" (2024). Much attention is paid in the Concept of 2024. It is devoted to the study of international experience in the protection and preservation of the environment. At the same time, the main condition for achieving goals in the environmental sphere is concern for the cleanliness of the environment on the part of every person and citizen.