Department of the Environment

This Department has the remit of:

• Assisting in defining and implementing Government policy on sustainable development and the environment
• Coordinating sustainable development initatives in the Principality by establishing cross-cutting relationships with the various stakeholders involved.
• Monitoring biodiversity, the quality of the environment, sources of pollution and risks of natural or technological origin
• Providing information and raising the public's awareness of environmental issues 
• Participating, on behalf of the Principality and hand in hand with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the work of international organisations in its area of responsibility
• All other duties entrusted to it by the legislative or regulatory processes