The Act consists of 14 Paragraphs. This Act provides for the organization of environmental monitoring, the procedure for processing and storing data obtained, and the relations between persons carrying out environmental monitoring and owners or possessors of immovables. Environmental monitoring is the continuous observation of the state on environment and the factors affecting it, the main purpose of which is to predict the state of the environment and to obtain data for programmes and plans for the preparation of development plans. The functions of environmental monitoring are to: 1) determine and analyse the current state of contamination and pollution in the environment; 2) ascertain changes in the environment which require measures to be implemented or further investigation to be conducted; 3) observe long-range transboundary pollution and conduct comparative investigations on the basis on international agreements; 4) develop and supplement a system of indicators characterising the state of the environment; 5) assess and analyse the current state of biodiversity; 6) determine the state and amount of renewable natural resources; 7) assess factors affecting the environment.
Estonie · 1999-01-20