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|Name=Environmental protection Act, 2000 (Finland)
|Regions=East Finland
|Description=Section 1
The objective of this Act is:
1) to prevent the pollution of the environment and to repair and reduce damage caused by pollution;
2) to safeguard a healthy, pleasant and ecologically diverse and sustainable environment;
3) to prevent the generation and the harmful effects of waste;
4) to improve and integrate assessment of the impact of activities that pollute the environment;
5) to improve citizens' opportunities to influence decisions concerning the environment;
6) to promote sustainable use of natural resources; and
7) to combat climate change and otherwise support sustainable development.

Section 3
In this Act:
1) environmental pollution refers to such emission or deposit of a substance, energy, noise, vibration, radiation, light, heat or odour caused by human activity in the environment that either alone or together with other emissions:
a) causes harm to health;
b) causes harm to nature and its functioning;
c) prevents or materially hinders the use of natural resources;
d) decreases the general amenity of the environment or degenerates special cultural values;
e) reduces the environment's suitability for general recreation purposes;
f) damages or harms property or its use; or
g) constitutes a comparable violation of the public or private good.
|Full reference=Ympäristönsuojelulaki 4.2.2000/86 1 §, 3.1 §.
|Scope=National
|Response set=Default
|Subject=Nature conservation
|Class=Policy
}}
Class	Policy +
Countries	Finland +
Document category	Law +
Encodedname	Environmental_protection_Act.2C_2000_.28Finland.29 +
Full reference	Ympäristönsuojelulaki 4.2.2000/86 1 §, 3.1 §. +
Geographical scope	National +
Initiator	Public +
Instrument type	Regulatory +
Lcname	environmental protection act, 2000 (finland) +
Legal status	Binding +
Name	Environmental protection Act, 2000 (Finland) +
Policy area	Biodiversity and endangered species policies +
Reference ID	152 +
Regions	North Karelia +
Response set	Default +
Source link	https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2000/20000086 +
Subject	Nature conservation +
Year	2000 +
Zone	North East Europe +