Definīcija:Valsts pasākumu kopums, lai panāktu pamatprasību ievērošanu vides saglabāšanā: nepieļautu izmešu izsviešanu dabā, panāktu iedzīvotāju saudzīgu izturēšanos pret dabu u. tml.
Ekonomikas skaidrojošā vārdnīca. — R., Zinātne, 2000
Definīcija:The general principles of Community environmental policy were already formulated before the Single European Act in four European action programmes for environmental protection adopted between 1973 and 1987. Four principles were incorporated in the EC Treaty as legally binding commitments. The activity of the Community is to be directed towards preventing environmental pollution (prevention principle), rectifying it at source wherever possible, making those who cause it liable to bear the cost (polluter-pays principle) and treating environmental protection as an integral part of the other Community policies.
VVC izstrādātie vides zinātņu, zemes zinātņu un fiziskās ģeogrāfijas termini
