Some people say that protecting the environment is the governments’ responsibility. others believe that every individual should take responsibility for it. Discuss Both views and give your opinion.

The question that who is responsible for protecting the

environment

seems to be hard to answer. While it is commonly believed that government are mainly responsible, Some People and I think every citizen shares

responsibility

for the protection of their

environment

. It is little wonder that governments should take

responsibility

for conservation of flora and

fauna’s

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fauna

habitats. Basically, people elect their

governments

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government

to give them the authority to make major decisions on their behalf. In turn, when it comes to taking action for environmental decisions, they tend to point

finger

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fingers

to politicians.

For instance

, when talking about waste separation, people claim municipalities are supposed to do everything, from providing infrastructure, collecting separated garbage, and even offering incentives to

encouraging

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encourage

people to do their

shares

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share

by using environmentally-friendly materials.

On the other hand

, citizens can play crucial roles in

livability

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the livability

of their

environment

. Undoubtedly, governments are constantly snowed under with countless major and minor decisions, and prefer to struggle with short term problems rather than long-term issues

such

as

environment

, because it gives them a chance to be reelected.

Hence

, there are some effective measures that citizens can take to help their

environment

.

Firstly

, by simply being sensitive about environmental issues, they are able to force the media to cover these problems more, and the government to take action responsibly.

Additionally

, on

personal level

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a personal level

, they should avoid destructive

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

such

as littering and overuse of plastic material.

Last

but not least, voting for environmentalism minded governments is something that encourages would-be authorities to put

such

issues in

high

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higher

priorities. So, people’s

responsibility

, if not more important than governments’, is of high significance. To wrap up, since governments usually represent individuals, they

or

a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters

are

obviously responsible for

protection

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the protection

of

environment

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the environment

.

Nevertheless

, people must be aware that they should not abandon their

responsibility

for their own sake.