Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (Ukraine)

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство захисту довкілля та природних ресурсів) is the main authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for ecological monitoring and development of the country. As a government ministry it exists since 1991 being formed during dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (Міністерство захисту довкілля та природних ресурсів)
Agency overview
Formed19 June 1991
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
JurisdictionGovernment of Ukraine
Headquarters35, Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivskyi street, Kyiv
Employees241 (2016)
Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • State Service of Geology and Natural Resources
  • Agency of Water Resources
  • Agency of Eco. Investments
  • State Ecological Inspection
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes
From August 2019 until May 2020 the Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Energy Generation
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