Natural environment

Natural environments are any environment on Earth that includes nature, and is not primarily or solely human creation. It exists in contrast to the phrase, the built environment. The difficulty with the term natural environment and any definition is that all natural environments have been directly or indirectly influenced by humans at some period in time. Some level of human influence is thus allowable without the status of any particular landscape ceasing to be "natural".

See also

• Built environment
• Ecology
• The Gaia theory
• List of environment topics
• Natural capital
• Natural history
• Wildlife
• Renewable energy