Abstract
This article discusses the theoretical and legal aspects of environmental damage compensation. In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the right of everyone to live in a favorable environment has been constitutionally enshrined. This indicates that it is necessary to ensure the environmental safety of not only one state, but also the state on which the well-being of the whole world depends. But practice shows that the state of the environment is alarming every year. For example, the state of soil and soil deterioration. Currently, compensation for environmental damage is one of the urgent problems of environmental law. Ensuring the ecological safety of the country largely depends on the unfavorable state of the environment. There are quite serious environmental problems affecting the state of the environment. From this point of view, consideration of theoretical and legal aspects of environmental damage compensation and specific proposals aimed at improving legislation in this area are of great importance. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the legal norms concerning environmental harm and environmental damage in the environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is also noted that the issues of environmental damage should be considered from the point of view of the inseparable and organic connection of the social, environmental and economic goals of the country. In conclusion of this article, the author points out that one of the necessary conditions for compensation for damage caused by violation of environmental legislation is the elimination of contradictions between environmental and civil legislation.