The article examines the content of the concept of «environmental conflict» and the mechanism of its resolution as an actual direction for a new understanding in public law research. The author shows that environmental conflicts in the process of using natural resources and protecting the human habitat are indicators of growing contradictions between social groups and institutions and manifest themselves in various forms: environmental disasters associated with natural cataclysms and man-made accidents, deterioration of the components of the biosphere both individually and as a whole, and a decrease in the quality of life of the population as a whole due to the deterioration of public health and the economic component. The study defines the concept and essence of the legal aspects of understanding an environmental conflict, provides examples of legal norms and their interpretation, which contribute to a more successful resolution of problematic situations in the environmental and natural resource sphere, and ways to resolve this category of conflicts.
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