Adverse environmental effect definition

Adverse environmental effect means any significant and widespread adverse effect, which may reasonably be anticipated to impact wildlife, aquatic life, or other natural resources, including adverse impacts on populations of endangered or threatened species or significant degradation of environmental quality over broad areas.
Adverse environmental effect means impairment of, or damage to, the environment and includes—
Adverse environmental effect means any irreversible harmful affect on natural environment; “Environment” means land, water, air, living organisms and interacting natural systems

Examples of Adverse environmental effect in a sentence

  • Interview on BBC World Service’s Focus on Africa radio program (13 April 2010).


More Definitions of Adverse environmental effect

Adverse environmental effect means pollution or impairment of, or damage to, the environment, and includes,---
Adverse environmental effect means impairment of, or damage to, the environment and includes: (a) impairment of, or damage to, human health and safety or to biodiversity or property; (b) pollution; and (c) any adverse environmental effect as may be specified in the regulation.
Adverse environmental effect means any irreversible harmful affect on natural environment;
Adverse environmental effect means any significant and widespread adverse effect, which may reasonably be anticipated to impact wildlife, aquatic life, or other natural resources, including adverse
Adverse environmental effect means one or more of: impairment of the quality of the Natural Environment for any use that can be made of it, injury or damage to property or to plant or animal life, harm or material discomfort to any Person, an adverse effect on the health of any Person, impairment of the safety of any Person, rendering any property or plant or animal life unfit for human use, loss of enjoyment of normal use of property or interference with the normal conduct of business.
Adverse environmental effect means impairment of, or damage to, the environment
Adverse environmental effect means any significant and widespread