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Environment plays a vital role in the survival of human beings as it consists of all those things and set of conditions which directly or indirectly influence the development or growth and quality of life of individual organisms. Despite of the fact, human are in very hurry to exploit the environment in the quest of making their life more comfortable and easy. Excess human intervention has adversely affected environment. Rapid population growth, globalization, industrialization and infrastructural developments are the causes of exploitation of natural resources which put strain on natural resources resulting in the degradation of our environment which compelled the legislature to frame the laws to protect the environment as it is the effective instrument to bring the change in the society. Thus, the aim of paper is know the concept of environment, its degradation, the factors responsible for the degradation of environment, what is the role of law and policies in safeguarding environment.