Environmental protection, the full name of environmental protection, refers to various actions taken by human beings to solve real or potential environmental problems, coordinate the relationship between human beings and the environment, and ensure the sustainable development of economy and society. Its methods and means include engineering technology, administration, innovative research and development, law, economy, publicity and education, etc.
Environmental protection means that human beings consciously protect natural resources, make rational use of natural resources and prevent the natural environment from being polluted and destroyed; It is necessary to comprehensively control the polluted and destroyed environment and create an environment suitable for human life and work. Environmental protection also refers to various actions taken by human beings to solve real or potential environmental problems, coordinate the relationship between human beings and the environment and ensure the sustainable development of economy and society. Its methods and means include engineering technology, administration, law, economy, publicity and education, etc. Its main contents are as follows:
1. Prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by production and living activities, including prevention and control of "three wastes" (waste water, waste gas and waste residue), prevention and control of dust and radioactive substances discharged from industrial production, prevention and control of noise, vibration, odor and electromagnetic microwave radiation, prevention and control of harmful gases, liquids and noise generated from transportation activities, prevention and control of pollutants discharged from ships at sea, prevention and control of toxic and harmful chemicals used in industrial and agricultural production and people's life, and prevention and control of smoke and dust discharged from urban life.
2. Prevent environmental damage caused by construction and development activities, including pollution and damage caused by large-scale water conservancy projects, railways, highway trunk lines, large-scale ports and docks, airports and large-scale industrial projects, damage, pollution and impact caused by land reclamation activities around lakes, development of offshore oil fields, coastal zones and marshlands, development of forests and mineral resources, and establishment and construction of new industrial zones and new towns.
3 to protect the natural environment with special value, including providing effective protection for rare species and their living environment, special historical sites of natural development, geological phenomena, landforms and landscapes. In addition, urban and rural planning, controlling soil erosion and desertification, planting trees, controlling population growth and distribution, and rationally allocating productive forces also belong to environmental protection. Environmental protection has become one of the common actions and main tasks of governments and people all over the world.
legal ground
People's Republic of China (PRC) Environmental Protection Law
Article 4 Protecting the environment is the basic national policy of the country.
The state adopts economic and technological policies and measures that are conducive to saving and recycling resources, protecting and improving the environment, and promoting harmony between man and nature, so as to coordinate economic and social development with environmental protection.