The Slovenian Environment Agency (

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: ''Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje'' or ''ARSO'') is the main organisation for environment of the

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. It was established in 2001 with a reorganisation of the ''

Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia ( sl, Hidrometeorološki zavod Slovenije, HMZ) was the national hydrological and meteorological service of Slovenia. It was founded of 15 April 1947 by the then Socialist Republic of Slovenia. On the day o ...

''. Since 2012, it is part of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment; before, it was part of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. , its director general is Silvo Žlebir. The range of duties of this organisation are in the field of monitoring, analysing and forecasting of natural phenomena and processes in the environment and reduction of the danger to people and their property as follows: * national service for

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* national service for

hydrology Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is calle ...

* national service for

seismology Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...

* monitoring of the pollution of the environment and the provision of quality public environmental data * exercise the requirements for the protection of the environment, which result from forcing regulations, conservation of natural resources, biodiversity and the provision of sustainable development of the country.

References

*''The information in this article is based on that in its Slovenian equivalent''.

External links

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We are a part of the environment, the environment is a part of us (Presentation Booklet)
Slovenian Environment Agency. August 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2012.

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