The Slovenian Environment Agency (
Slovenian: ''Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje'' or ''ARSO'') is the main organisation for environment of the
Republic of Slovenia. It was established in 2001 with a reorganisation of the ''
Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia ( sl, Hidrometeorološki zavod Slovenije, HMZ) was the national hydrological and meteorological service of Slovenia. It was founded of 15 April 1947 by the then Socialist Republic of Slovenia.
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''. Since 2012, it is part of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment; before, it was part of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. , its director general is Silvo Žlebir. The range of duties of this organisation are in the field of monitoring, analysing and forecasting of natural phenomena and processes in the environment and reduction of the danger to people and their property as follows:
* national service for
meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did no ...
* national service for
hydrology
Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is call ...
* national service for
seismology
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* monitoring of the pollution of the environment and the provision of quality public environmental data
* exercise the requirements for the protection of the environment, which result from forcing regulations, conservation of natural resources, biodiversity and the provision of sustainable development of the country.
References
*''The information in this article is based on that in its
Slovenian equivalent''.
External links
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We are a part of the environment, the environment is a part of us (Presentation Booklet) Slovenian Environment Agency. August 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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