Article 6. Environment of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

 1. The environment is the totality of the conditions, substances and objects of the material world surrounding a person, including the natural environment and the anthropogenic environment.

     2. The components of the natural environment are atmospheric air, surface and groundwater, the Earth's surface and soil, the subsoil, flora, fauna and other organisms, all layers of the Earth's atmosphere, including the ozone layer, as well as the climate, which in their interaction provide favorable conditions for the existence of life on Earth.

     The components of the natural environment do not include anthropogenic objects, as well as living organisms that are artificially reproduced by humans and do not live in a state of natural freedom.

     3. The totality of individual interrelated components of the natural environment, having certain boundaries, conditions and mode of existence, is allocated to natural and man-made objects.

     4. Natural objects are recognized as natural ecological systems and natural landscapes, as well as their constituent elements that have preserved their natural properties.

     Functionally and naturally interconnected natural objects, united by geographical and other relevant features, form separate natural complexes.

     5. Natural and anthropogenic objects include:

     1) natural objects that have been specially modified as a result of human activity, but have retained the properties of the natural object;

     2) artificially created objects with the properties of a natural object, having recreational significance and (or) performing a protective function for the natural environment.

     6. The anthropogenic environment is a set of artificially created conditions and anthropogenic objects, representing the daily human habitat. Anthropogenic objects are recognized as objects of the material world created or modified by man to meet his social needs and not possessing the properties of natural objects.

Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 2, 2021

The article was amended and supplemented by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan  dated July 8, 2026, No. 342-VIII SAM 

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