Environmental law

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Environmental law is a body of law, which is a system of complex and interlocking rules, regulations and policies which seeks to protect the natural environment which may be affected, impacted or even endangered by human activities. Most environmental laws regulate the quantum and nature of impacts of human activities: for example, setting allowable levels of pollution. Other environmental laws are preventative in nature and seek to assess the possible impacts before the human activites can occur. This area of law is know as environmental impact assessment.