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International Symposium European Environmental Forum “Euro-ECO - Hanover 2010”: Environmental and Engineering Aspects for Sustainable Infrastructure 2 - 3 December 2010, ANDOR Hotel Plaza is defined as the planned and systematic implementation of environmental strategies and targets set by state or by any organization. comprises administrative measures and legal instruments for reduction of environmental impacts as well as to maintain conditioned equilibrium between environment and economics development. The scope of environmental management is to reach sustainable development that includes integration of environmental, social and economic concerns now and in the future under to create environmental consciousness to consider protection: the the principles “polluter of environmental pays”, precautionary, prevention, and assessment principles to provide economics transformation in accordance to the capacity of environment to consider environmental principles and legal norms in decision making process Natural Sciences Geochemistry Biological diversity Hydrology Soil science Environmental Environmental chemistry geology Environmental Environmental technologies legislation Environmental Environmental Environmental economy monitoring pollution Environmental management of the Baltic Sea Water resources Best available technologies Ecology of ecosystems Water supply Agricultural ecology Principles of risk analysis Environmental phylosophy and ethics Modelling of environmental processes Landscape ecology Environmental impact assessment Environmental bioindication Ecology of Environmental Soil ecology the Baltic Sea planning – surroundings in ecology – the external circumstances, conditions, and all objects that affect existence and development of any living being as infinite space e.g. interstellar space, lunar environment as a general cluster (adoption from math) as a general cluster involves • elements of the cluster, • relation among the elements of the cluster, • relation among all clusters around Scientific definitions express Albert Einstein – is everything that isn't me. – physical (geographical) expanse, where individual lives and all relations are developed (Dictionary of Psychology (1999), Breslav G. (Ed.) Apgāds “Mācību grāmata”, Riga (in Latvian)) A general cluster concept is included The infinite space is included The environment – the aggregate of natural, anthropogenic and social factors – Environmental Protection Law, 1991, Latvia “Environment” means the components of the Earth and includes (a) air, land and water; (b) all layers of the atmosphere; (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms; and (d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c). Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Decision was carried out – the impacts do not exist Year Produced electricity, GWh 2000 25,3 2001 37,1 2002 32,6 2004 50,85 2005 65,52 Source: State Stock Company “Latvenergo”