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Environmental protection is an increasing concern of individuals, organisations and governments.

Due to the pressures of population and technology the biophysical environment
Environment (biophysical)

The biophysical environment is the symbiosis between the physics environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and include all variables that comprise the Earth's biosphere....
 is being degraded, sometimes permanently. This has been recognised and governments began placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation
Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife....
. Since the 1960s activism
Activism

Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social change or politics change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversy argument....
 by the environmental movement
Environmental movement

The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation movement and green movement movements, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
 has created awareness of the various environmental issues.






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Environmental protection is an increasing concern of individuals, organisations and governments.

Due to the pressures of population and technology the biophysical environment
Environment (biophysical)

The biophysical environment is the symbiosis between the physics environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and include all variables that comprise the Earth's biosphere....
 is being degraded, sometimes permanently. This has been recognised and governments began placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation
Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife....
. Since the 1960s activism
Activism

Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social change or politics change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversy argument....
 by the environmental movement
Environmental movement

The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation movement and green movement movements, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
 has created awareness of the various environmental issues. There is not a full agreement on the extent of the environmental impact of human activity and protection measures are occasionally criticised.

Academic institution
Academic institution

Academic institution is an educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees. See also academy and university....
s now offer courses such as environmental studies
Environmental studies

Environmental studies is the systematic study of human behavior with their environment. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, built environments, social environments, organizational environments, and the sets of relationships between them....
, environmental management
Environmental management

Environmental management is not, as the phrase could suggest, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of interaction by the modern human societies with, and impact upon the natural environment....
 and environmental engineering
Environmental engineering

Environmental engineeringis the application of science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment , to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate pollution sites....
 that study the history and methods of environmental protection.

Protection of the environment is needed from various human activities. Waste
WASTE

WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging, chat rooms and file browsing/sharing capabilities....
, pollution
Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms ....
, loss of biodiversity
Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems....
, introduction of invasive species
Invasive species

Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally or ecologically....
, release of genetically modified organisms
Genetic engineering

Engineering There are a number of ways through which genetic engineering is accomplished. Essentially, the process has five main steps# Isolation of the genes of interest...
 and toxics are some of the issues relating to environmental protection.

Governance

Many countries have organizations and agencies devoted to environmental protection.

New Zealand

At a national level the Ministry for the Environment is responsible for environmental policy and the Department of Conservation addresses conservation issues
Conservation ethic

Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the Natural environment: its forests, fishery, habitat , and biological diversity....
. At a regional level the regional council
Regional Council

Regional Council or regional council may refer to the following:*Regional Council *Regional Council, Hong Kong*Regional council *Regional Council - the Parliament of a Regione of Italy...
s administer the legislation and address regional environmental issues.

United States

Since 1970, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an List of United States federal agencies of the federal government of the United States charged to Regulation of chemicals and protect human health by safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land....
 has been working to protect the environment and human health.

See also

  • Conservation movement
    Conservation movement

    The conservation movement also known as nature conservation is a political, social and, to some extent, scientific movement that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future....
  • Environmentalism
    Environmentalism

    Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the Conservation movement and improvement of the environment ....
  • Environmental movement
    Environmental movement

    The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation movement and green movement movements, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
  • Environmental organizations
  • Green party
  • Green politics
    Green politics

    Green politics is a political ideology which places a high importance on ecology and environmentalism goals, and on achieving these goals through broad-based, grassroots, participatory democracy....
  • List of environmental organizations
    List of environmental organizations

    This is a list of environmental organizations....
  • List of environmental issues
    List of environmental issues

    This is a list of environmental issues that are due to human activity. These articles relate to the anthropogenic effects on the natural environment....
  • Sustainability
    Sustainability

    Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the ability to maintain a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems....
  • Sustainable development
    Sustainable development

    Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future....


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