The article is dedicated to criminal and legal protection of both the natural environment, and its individual components. This research describes legislation on environmental protection in the most developed European countries such as Spain, Italy, Poland, Germany, and also pays attention to international experience. There are laws on criminal responsibility for attacks on objects of natural environment and international acts have been analysed.
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