This Ministerial Decree shall not be applicable to environmental inspection carried out by social associations. Public inspector can be any Uzbek national of full legal age volunteering for environmental inspection without medical contraindications and official reprimands for environmental offences. Environmental inspector shall be issued permit for the duration of one year that can be extended on condition of conscientious performance of duty thereby. The environmental inspector shall carry out the following duties: (a) enforcement of environmental legislation regulating environmental protection against pollution and littering, and also on wild fauna and flora management; (b) observance by enterprises, institutions and organizations of environmental legislation for the prevention of exhaustion of natural resources; (c) ecological education; and (d) data collection and reporting on environmental offences.
Uzbekistan · 2000-03-30