The Environment Directorate deals with systemic legal issues concerning the environment, environmental policy, pollution prevention policy, biotechnology, nature protection, comprehensive environmental impact assessment and waters. It performs professional tasks in the field of systemic legal environmental issues, provides expert groundwork for the drawing-up of regulations in its area of work, develops systemic solutions and coordinates tasks falling within the competence of the Ministry.

Head:

Samo Kopač, Ph.d., Acting Director
Tel: +386 1 478 7310
Fax: +386 1 478 7425
E-mail: samo.kopac(at)gov.si 

The Directorate comprises eight departments:

• Department of Systemic Legal Affairs

• Department of Environmental Policy
• Department of Pollution Prevention
• Department of Biotechnology
• Sector for Nature Conservation Policy
• Department of Protected Areas
• Department of Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment
• Department of Waters

2nd MEETING of EUROPEAN ADVISORY COMMITTEES on BIOSAFETY in the field of the deliberate release of GMOs - OUTCOME