In the context of the traditional notion of subject matter,the subject matter of international environmental law is limited to states and intergovernmental international organizations.However,with the prominent role of non-governmental organizations(NGOs)and individuals in today's global environmental governance,the inherent subjectivism has been great-ly weakened.On the basis of a systematic review of the existing status,limitations and theoretical controversies of two types of non-state actors,non-governmental organizations and individuals,this paper argues that limited recognition of their sub-jective status should be given in the field of international environmental law.It is not only in line with the jurisprudence trend of expanding legal subjects and the independence and specificity of international environmental law,but also has the practi-cal significance of promoting the model of global environmental governance,responding to the trend of the development of civil society and the protection of human rights,and recognizing the actual role of non-state actors.Therefore,through the flexible choice of definitions,the construction of a spectrum of pluralistic legal subjects with unequal status,the creation of specific conditions for the recognition of special subject status and other paths,we should create a specific model for the lim-ited recognition of the subject status of non-state actors,and appropriately expand the scope of the existing subjects of inter-national environmental law,so as to make the subject status of the non-state actors;to a certain extent more prominent.
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