Latvia’s nature is still surprisingly rich and diverse, in spite of rapid
economical development in the twentieth century. Many of us don’t even
recognize how rich we are if compared to the Europe’s or the worlds
average indicators. The importance of environmental protection has
entered the spotlight of global attention. Humans, society and nature,
have mutually interacted since the dawn of civilization, and it is evident
now that economical concerns should never prevail over the
environmental protection. Environmental protection deals with the
following problems: mitigation of climate change, ozone layer protection,
air protection, water protection, waste management, nuclear safety and
radiation safety, risk caused by economic activity, control of Chemical
substances, introduction of cleaner technologies, environment and
energy, nature protection, environment and agriculture, environment and
health