Environment protection in Lithuania

Prepared by Lukas Jotautas V35

Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual, organizational or governmental levels, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and technology, the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently.

Ministry of Enviroment
The Ministry of Environment monitors the enviroment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is: To realize the principle of sustainable development To set preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources;

 To create conditions for the development of construction business and the provision of inhabitant with housing; To ensure a proper environmental quality, taking into account the norms and standards of the European Union.

Ministry of Environment
So it became responsible for construction, territorial planning, and housing. The Ministry has numerous sections and subordinate institutions responsible for protected areas, environment protection, geological survey, forestry, metrology, and meteorology services, marine research. Now minister of enviroment is Valentinas Mazuronis

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