Environmental protection also means that human beings consciously protect natural resources and make reasonable use of them to prevent the natural environment from being polluted and damaged; the environment that has been polluted and damaged must be well managed comprehensively to create an environment suitable for human life and work. Environmental protection is a general term for all kinds of actions taken by human beings to solve real or potential environmental problems, to coordinate the relationship between human beings and the environment, and to guarantee the sustainable development of economy and society. Its methods and means include engineering and technology, administration and management, as well as legal, economic, publicity and education. Its contents are mainly as follows
(1) prevention and control of environmental pollution caused by production and living activities, including the prevention and control of industrial production emissions of "three wastes" (waste water, gas, slag), dust, radioactive substances, as well as noise, vibration, odor and electromagnetic microwave radiation, transportation activities generated by harmful gases, liquids, noise, marine ship transport discharge of Pollutants, industrial and agricultural production and people's lives using toxic and harmful chemicals, urban life emissions of smoke, dust, sewage and garbage caused by pollution.
(2) to prevent environmental damage caused by construction and development activities, including the prevention of pollution and damage to the environment caused by large-scale water conservancy projects, railroads, highways, large ports and terminals, airports and large industrial projects, the environmental damage and impact of agricultural reclamation and lake farming activities, the development of offshore oil fields, coastal zones and marshlands, the development of forests and mineral resources, new industrial areas, new towns and the The setting and construction of new industrial zones and new towns, etc. damage, pollution and impact on the environment.
(3) Protection of natural environment with special value, including the provision of effective protection of rare species and their living environment, special relics of natural development history, geological phenomena and geomorphic landscapes. In addition, urban and rural planning, control of soil erosion and desertification, afforestation, control of population growth and distribution, and rational allocation of productivity are also part of environmental protection. Environmental protection has become one of the common actions and major tasks of governments and people all over the world today. China has declared environmental protection as one of its basic state policies and has enacted and promulgated a series of laws and regulations on environmental protection to ensure the implementation of this basic state policy.
