流域环境资源案件审判集中管辖的实践审思
中图分类号:D922.68;D926.23
文献标识码:A
文章编号:2095-6916(2026)10-0121-07
Deliberations on the Practice of Centralized Jurisdiction in Environmental Resource Cases in River Basins
Zhang Siyin Fan Jiaxin (College of Humanities and Law, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan )
Abstract: The centralized jurisdiction of environmental resource cases in river basins is an important innovation in China's environmental justice reform. It aims to resolve the structural contradiction between the holistic protection of river basin ecosystems and the fragmented jurisdiction based on traditional administrative divisions. By integrating adjudicative resources on the basis of river basins or ecological function zones, this mechanism has achieved notable results in optimizing the allocation of judicial resources, unifying adjudicative standards, and enhancing the level of professional specialization in adjudication. However, constrained by factors such as inadequate institutional regulations and local protectionism, the centralized jurisdiction of river basin adjudication still faces multiple dilemmas in practice. These include unclear boundaries of jurisdictional scope, vague standards for case identification and allocation, inadequate cross-regional coordination mechanisms, and a need to further strengthen professional adjudicative capacity. This paper argues that, in order to effectively enhance the overall effectiveness of judicial protection for the ecological environment, it is necessary at the river basin level to further improve the system for allocating jurisdiction over environmental resource cases in river basins, establish a refined mechanism for case identification and diversion, strengthen inter-basin judicial coordination mechanisms, and reinforce the development of specialized adjudication systems. Only by doing so can the systematic governance philosophy that “mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts form a community of life” be truly implemented, thereby supporting the rule-based implementation of ecological civilization construction and the green development strategy.
Keywords: river basin; environmental resource cases; centralized jurisdiction; adjudication mechanism; judicial coordination
流域环境资源案件审判集中管辖是指以流域生态系统或生态功能区为基本单元,由最高人民法院统筹指导、各地法院探索实践,将特定流域内原本分散于多个行政区划的环境资源刑事、民事、行政案件,统一交由一个或若干专门审判机构集中审理的司法制度安排[1]。(剩余11337字)