Divisions ~ Environment
Environment's role is to ensure best practice in environmental management and pollution control so that Tasmania has a clean and healthy environment for the community to enjoy.
This contributes to Tasmania's social well-being and attractiveness as a place both to live and to visit.
The core objectives of Environment are:
- Development and management of contemporary policies and strategies for the protection of the environment
- Ensuring development proposals meet appropriate environmental guidelines and standards
- Regulating environmental impacts of major industrial and municipal activities
- Monitoring environmental performance
- Providing a range of scientific and analytical services.