The role of the State is still crucial in defining environmental policies in the twenty-first century. The state through its various organizations is involved in the implementation of policies related to the direct and active manipulation of the environment (Wilson, 1997). The State develops a set of rules that regulate the access and withdrawal of resources (Grafton, 2000). For example, forestry officials, such as the Forestry Commission in the United Kingdom, directly manage and exploit state-owned forests. The role of the state in indirect environmental management policy is often considered the most important. The defining characteristic of the state is that it exercises control through coercion over a given territory. From an environmental management policy perspective, this is important as the state is legally in a position to force non-state environmental managers to pursue its own environmental policy and perspective (Wilson, 1997). State policies designed to regulate logging on privately and publicly owned lands are enforced through legal acts, and violations of these rules could lead to prosecution. These official policies require non-state environmental managers to change their practices in line with rules established by the state (Wilson, 1997; UK Forestry Standard, 2011). Therefore, state environmental management policies are designed to control the environmental management practices of other groups associated with taking and adding to the environment. The uniqueness of the political role of the State is that it has a great responsibility for promoting the common good for all within the national territory and has the authority to realize it. As a result, the state plays a huge role in shaping environmental policies. Alt...... middle of paper......nge. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity are both environmental regimes established under the auspices of the United Nations. Agreements such as these provide a criterion for positive environmental action, while related protocols outline specific ways to address particular features of the overall environmental problem. As part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol sets emissions reduction targets for states, with the aim of reducing global warming. The internationalism of environmental management is mainly built on commitment, negotiations and agreements between individual states. This new environmental management structure reflects the growth of a global civil society and has mobilized states internationally.