The textbook is written on the basis of lectures given by the author in accordance with the Environmental Law course program at a number of leading universities in the country. The work reveals the basic concepts and institutions of environmental law. Along with a description of traditional theoretical and practical problems, the most relevant phenomena for the period of transition to a market economy are explained, such as environmental management, state and public environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment, environmental emergencies, and environmental responsibility. Much space in the book is devoted to relevant administrative and judicial practice. For students, graduate students and teachers of law, as well as agricultural universities and faculties, specialists involved in problems of ecology and nature conservation.