| Customary Law of Environmental Protection in minority region has played an important role in history,which still affects ethnic minority region greatly at the present age.Therefore,we should regard and reference the availability part of the Customary Law of Environmental Protection in minority region in the process of building of the environmental legal system.Guangxi has many ethnic minorities,various ethnic minority,along with long Period of Living and Production Practices,develop their own ethnic customary law of environmental protection.These customarylaws are expressed asvillage rules,traditional taboos and social customs,which refer to forest resource protection,water resource protection,land resource protection,animal and plant resource protection and so on.It has important practical significance to establish and improve the environmental legal system and promote the construction of ecological civilization by studying Customary Law of Environmental Protection in the Guangxi minority region Since the Qing dynasty.The purpose and significance of this paper can be divided into two levels.The first level aims to explore and sort out the main contents of the Customary Law of Environmental Protection in the Guangxi minority region,As far as possible to show the region’s ecological and environmental customary law as a whole.The second level aims to explore the integration of Customary Law of Environmental Protection and national statutory law,and then provide suggestions for the construction of contemporary environmental legal system.This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter focuses on the controversy of customary law in traditional jurisprudence,analyses the definition of Minority Customary Law,Ethnic Minorities’ Customary Law and Ethnic Minorities’ Customary Law of Environmental Protection,and further explores the origin,development and manifestation of Customary Law of Environmental Protection.The second chapter introduces the main contents of Customary Law of EnvironmentalProtection in the Guangxi region Since the Qing dynasty.It mainly involves the four aspects of forest resources protection customary law,water resources protection customary law,land resources protection customary law and animal protection customary law.The third chapter studies the implementation of the Customary Law of Environmental Protection of minority regions in Guangxi since the Qing dynasty,mainly divided into Two Stages.The influence of Customary Law of Environmental Protection in practice can be perceived more intuitively through the analysis of the two stages of the implementation.The fourth chapter analyzes and summarizes the historical values,limitations and characteristics of Customary Law of Environmental Protection in minority region.And furthermore,discussing the necessity and specific ways of its integration with national legislation.The enactment of national law not only needs to take into account the current reality of our country,but also needs to learn from the historical legal culture and legal tradition,and then we can find out the way out of the harmony between man and nature.The Customary Law of Environmental Protection in Guangxi minority region is a cultural accumulation with profound foundation and people’s feelings,as the crystallization of the living wisdom passed down from generation to generation by the local people,it has been passed down and continued after long-time improvement and development,therefore,it has a high degree of stability,continuity and group identity.Nowadays,we emphasis on the environmental law,the Customary Law of Environmental Protection in Guangxi minority region still has important reference value to the construction of environmental legal system.Improving,developing and utilizing the environmental protection customary laws of ethnic minorities,further exploring of its value has practical significance for the development and management of modern ethnic areas. |