Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of ecological policy

Presidium

Scope

• protection, conservation, use, and recovery of natural resources, including mineral resources, forests, water, air, plant and animal wildlife, natural landscapes;
• conservation and sustainable use of natural resources of the maritime economic zone, the continental shelf, and space exploration;
• environmental safety, prevention and elimination of natural disasters, industrial accidents and disasters, the activities of public emergency services;
• radiation and fire safety;
• civil protection;
• legal regime of environmental emergency zones;
• state policy on waste, including radioactive and toxic waste;
• state monitoring of the environment;
• administrative and economic penalties for environmental pollution;
• creation, protection and development of natural reserve fund of Ukraine;
• terms of recovery, including consent to be bound by international treaties of Ukraine on these issues;
• social protection of citizens affected by the Chornobyl disaster;
• environmental insurance and environmental audits;

  Subcommittees

• Subcommittee on the protection and rational use of mineral and water resources
• Subcommittee on the forest resources of flora/fauna, landscapes and natural reserve fund
• Subcommittee on the state environmental monitoring
• Subcommittee on the public policy in the field of waste management
• Subcommittee on the Chornobyl, social protection of victims of the Chornobyl disaster
• Subcommittee on the civil protection and disaster relief of man-made or natural disasters