Aplinkos apsaugos sistemos valdymo transformacijų apžvalga Lietuvoje
Abstract
This article analyses the governance system for environmental protection
in different periods in Lithuania. It has been stated that during the first period of
Lithuanian independence, any specialised environmental protection institution has been
established. The use and protection of natural resources has been under the responsibility
of agricultural and forestry institutions. Development of the governance system for
environmental protection began in the Soviet period after the Second World War, when
the State Nature Protection Committee was established and the Nature Conservation Act adopted. The committee focused on the protection of biological diversity, natural
resources and the landscape, with the conservation of non-living components of the
environment under the responsibility of other institutions. There was a move towards
comprehensive environmental preservation when the Environmental Protection
Department was established under the Parliament of the Lithuanian Republic during the
first year of the restoration of independence. A more widespread approach to preservation
was put in place with the establishment of the Ministry of Environmental Protection
and its later reorganisation as the Ministry of Environment, as well as the establishment
of the Environmental Protection Agency. This article analyses the country’s frequent
reorganisations of environmental protection institutions and argues that these create a
governance system in this area that is not stable or effective.
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