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Environmental agreementThere are numerous international environmental agreements made to protect the environment in different ways. Many of these are legally binding. One of the most well-known proposed agreements, the Kyoto protocol, is not legally binding as of 2001, because Environmental lawEnvironmental law is a body of law which addresses the system of complex and interlocking rules which seeks to protect from destruction or development certain species or favored natural areas thought to be endangered by human encroachment. In the United S EnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism is activism aimed at improving the environment, particularly nature. This activism is usually based on the ideology of an environmental movement, and often takes the form of public education programs, advocacy, legislation and treaties. Environmental skepticismEnvironmental skepticism runs counter to the often alarming claims of environmentalists that people are irreversibly damaging the environment. Some environmental skeptics believe that human damage to the environment is either minimal or less important in Environmental movementEnvironmental movement is a term often used for any social or political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment. Here are some of the most prominent and well-defined examples: The North American C Environmental economicsEnvironmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues (other usages of the term are not uncommon). In using standard methods of economics, it is distinguished from green economics which subsumes the nonstandard approaches Environmental finance Environmental engineering Environmental Protection Agency Environmental science Environmental geography Environmental determinism Environmental geology Environmentally Sensitive Area Environmental ethics