Resolution No. 127 establishing an Environmental Affairs Department in all Syrian provinces.

This Resolution provides for the establishment of an Environmental Affairs Department in all Syrian provinces. The Departments will be made up of the following offices: (a) Impact, Revising and Inspection Office, which shall include an EIA Branch, a Revising and Inspection Branch and a Licensing Branch; (b) Environmental Safety Office, which shall include a Water Safety Branch, a Land Safety Branch, a Chemical Safety and Waste Disposal Management Branch, an Air Safety Branch and a Biodiversity and Protected Zones Branch; (c) Office of Administrative, Legal and Finance Affairs which shall include a Statistics and Tracking Branch, a Laboratory Branch and an Internal Control Branch. The duties of the Environmental Affairs Department are: to study the EIA within the province; to control all activities with EIA; to issue environmental licences; to control environmental laboratories; to implement and respect environmental standards; to educate and train in the field of environment; and to contribute in studies and research for environmental safety.