!!!Umweltschutz

Environmental Protection, in Austria embodied in the Federal 
Constitutional Law on comprehensive environmental protection, Federal 
Law Gazette no. 491/1984, for the first time in 1984, including the 
declaration of intention to preserve the natural environment against 
detrimental effects as the basis for the existence of mankind; also 
regulated in numerous laws in the fields of  Waste Management, 
Protection of Bodies of  Water, air quality conservation,  Protection 
of Nature, noise abatement, etc. Environmental protection is incumbent 
on numerous authorities of all territorial entities. Technological 
progress and Austria's accession to the European Union make constant 
changes necessary. The most advanced laws are those on  Environmental 
Impact Assessment and the Umweltfoerderungsgesetz (law on the 
promotion of environmental protection). The Nationaler Umweltplan 
(National Environmental Plan) aims at planning Austria's environmental 
policy on a long-term basis while including all trades and 
environmental media, an approach new to the field of environmental 
protection.


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