Central

The central Government is responsible for:

• Environmental protection;
• Climate change policy;
• Management of air pollution;
• Forestry;
• Utilisation and protection of natural resources;
• Protected areas and landscape;
• Geology and hydrometeorology;
• Territorial planning;
• Construction;
• Utilities and housing

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Management, use and protection of the natural resources and objects of environmental protection assigned thereto;
• Distribution of national natural resources according to the limits established for municipalities;
• Development, approval and implementation of the municipal programmes, schemes of environmental protection and utilisation of natural resources and other enviromental protection reasons
• Implementation of the National strategy for climate change management;
• Participation in air quality management;
• Establishment, protection and management of protected territories of a municipality;
• Maintenance and protection of the landscape, immovable cultural values and protected areas of local importance established by a municipality;
• Protection, maintenance, and development of green areas, vegetations;
• Improvement and protection of environment quality;
• Organisation of waste water treatment;
• Development of municipal waste management, organisation of secondary raw materials collection and processing, establishment and exploitation of the landfills;
• Establishment and maintenance of landfill sites;
• Implementation of environmental noise prevention and management of environment noise;
• Participation in the management of national parks;
• Radiation protection.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania

Sources

Law on Local Self-Government

Law on Environmental Protection