Improved definition (EN only): Actions trying to reduce the damages to either ecosystems, resources or people more generally arising from human activity

laws to reduce the damages to ecosystems, resources, or people more generally, arising from human activity

Induced and Opportunity Cost and Benefit Patterns in the Context of Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Field of Environment, Risk & Policy Analysts Limited, 1999, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco/others/pdf/costbenefit_patterns.pdf [13/06/2016]

environmental regulation