Problem setting. The relevance doctrinal definition of a perspective never left attention of domestic and foreign researchers in the sphere of ensuring environmental safety of any state. This regularity looks quite logical, extent of observance of the rights and freedoms of the person and citizen, life and healthy it closely connected with due realization of governmental activities on safe the surrounding environment, minimization of harmful production, techno genic catastrophes, especially in the conditions of activation of the atomic industry.The above circumstances rather brightly demonstrate relevance of the chosen perspective, which is a peculiar element of welfare of society in general, and an indicator of ensuring national security of the Ukrainian state.Recent research and publications analysis. The theorist ‒ applied aspects of determination of regularities of formation and development of national security found the reflection in many works of domestic scientists, in particular such as: S. Andreyev, A. Borisenko, A. Davidyuk, A. Degtyar, S. Dombrovskaya, A. Radchenko, E. Romanenko, S. Rusnak, etc.Determination of features of environmental safety, its etymological contents as independent institute and an element of national security is reflected in numerous scientific practices of the famous Ukrainian scientists among which it should be noted: M. Hilko, P. Fesyanov, O. Gulich, O. Zarzhitskaya, Mr. Hvesika, Yu. Litvinova, I. Bugaychuka, Mr. Trotsky, I. Goml, O. Kovalenko and others.At the same time, versatility of scientific research enough contradictory turned out to be consequence of numerous number of various approaches to this perspective, sometimes and opposite that demands their systematization, generalization and formation of certain concepts and approaches.The paper objective ‒ full and doctrinal researches it is eco-friendly and safety as the making national security of Ukraine through a prism of generalization and systematization of modern concepts and approaches.The paper main body. Scientific views are presented and the detailed analysis of the current legislation of Ukraine allows to offer three concepts definition of a concept of «environmental safety» depending on its functional purpose, in particular: administrative; security and retrospective. At the same time, it should be noted that each of the presented concepts allows to mark out only certain regularities of environmental safety, but defining fundamental only one of the offered concepts, in the end result it is possible to receive only the same analysis owing to what, the essence of this knows to reveal only by means of synthesis of all listed concepts that demonstrates complexity of this category on general scientific and general-theoretical level and need of formation of the uniform, settled concept.Conclusions of the research. Environmental safety as quite complex and important institute, irrespective of the concept which is the basis for her theorist applied understanding provides the potential of democratic and social development of the state in the context of realization of national security and also allows to keep the appropriate level of functioning of the country on the international scene.