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environmental protection

practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments
Intangible academic_discipline Q832237
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Summary

environmental protection is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 3,749 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #135 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: umbrella term[3]
  • Subclass of: protection[4]
  • Part of: politics[5], new social movements[6], sustainability[7]
  • Commons category: Environmental protection[8]
  • Has part(s): Q138649810[9], Q138651013[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Environmental protection[11]
  • Facet of: environmentalism[12]
  • Has characteristic: environmental award[13]
  • Different from: Энвироника[14], conservation[15], nature conservation[16]
  • Studied by: environmental science[17], anthropology[18], sociology[19]
  • Practiced by: environmentalist[20], land defender[21]
  • Significant person: Salvatore Garau[22], Greta Thunberg[23], Yi Jiefang[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[25]

Why It Matters

environmental protection has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Anil Madhavapeddy anthropology Arundhati Roy David Attenborough David Martí environmental education environmental law environmental policy environmental science Federal Agency for Nature Conservation Gorillas in the Mist Greta Thunberg Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Institute of Zoology John Muir Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Montana Agricultural Experiment Station nature conservation politics Provisional World Government Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection Salvatore Garau Sebastião Salgado sociology Southern Centre for Energy and Environment Wildlife Act, 1976 (Section 27) (No. 2) Order, 1982 Wildlife Act, 1976 (Section 44) (Recognised Bodies) Regulations, 1980 Zacharoula Andreopoulou

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX580448
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  2. 10d ago · Chernobox · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant person → Salvatore Garau, Greta Thunberg, Yi Jiefang
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'az', 'bg', 'bh', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
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  3. 4w ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → ymparistonsuoje
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  4. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → environmental-protection
    Yle topic id → 18-215928
    Postimees topic id → 182
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  5. 6w ago · Yupik · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anarâš aavis topic id → pirassuojalem
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  6. 12w ago · Mapenite · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000051059
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  7. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002638-ochrana-zivotniho-prostredi
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  9. 19w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  10. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
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    Studied by → environmental science, anthropology, sociology
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    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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