The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerija) oversees the environment and natural resources in
Lithuania. Its mission is:
*To implement the principle of sustainable development;
*To set preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources;
*To ensure provision of information about the state of environment and its forecasts to the public;
*To create conditions for the development of construction business and the provision of residents with housing;
*To ensure a proper environmental quality, taking into account the norms and standards of the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
.
The Environment Protection Department, accountable to the
Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
The Supreme Council – Restoration Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (officially known as Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania), was the supreme governing body, elected in 1990. The first meeting was held on 10 March 1990, the last – ...
, was established to oversee environment protection and
exploitation of natural resources
The exploitation of natural resources is the use of natural resources for economic growth, sometimes with a negative connotation of accompanying environmental degradation. It started to emerge on an industrial scale in the 19th century as the e ...
after Lithuania
declared independence from the
Soviet Union
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in 1990. In 1996, the Department was reorganized into Ministry of Environmental Protection.
[ In 1998, after the merger with Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, it was renamed to Ministry of Environment. Thus it became responsible for construction, territorial planning, and housing. The Ministry has numerous divisions and subordinate institutions responsible for protected areas, environment protection, ]geological survey
A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...
, forestry, metrology, meteorology
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services,
Ministers
References
Lithuania
Environment
Housing in Lithuania
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