Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic is an authorized state executive body that develops and implements state policy and coordinates in the areas of environmental protection, ecology and climate, geology and subsoil use, use and protection of natural resources, including bioresources, subsoil and water resources, with the exception of irrigation and reclamation infrastructure, exercising state control and supervision over compliance with environmental (including chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear), industrial safety, mining safety, subsoil protection, coal and fuel quality.

The purpose of the Ministry is to ensure the preservation of the unique ecological system of the Kyrgyz Republic and the creation of a favorable environment for the life of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, the protection of the environment and natural resources, including bioresources, subsoil and water resources, with the exception of irrigation and reclamation infrastructure, ecology and climate, ensuring effective control and supervision for compliance with the requirements of environmental, industrial safety, mining safety, subsoil protection, quality of coal and fuel.

The Ministry is the legal successor of the State Committee on Ecology and Climate of the Kyrgyz Republic, which was organized on the basis of the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The tasks of the ministry are: 

development and implementation of a unified state policy in the areas of environmental protection, ecology and climate, geology and subsoil use, use and protection of natural resources, including bioresources, subsoil and water resources, improving the efficiency of state regulation, coordinating the activities of state administration bodies, local governments and organizations in the field of environment, ensuring the conservation, rational use of biological diversity, sustainable functioning of specially protected natural territories, protection, use and reproduction of objects of flora and fauna, hunting resources.