The Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Ecological Problems was
established in 1971. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Environment Protection and
Nuclear Safety of Ukraine. The Institute has possessed extensive technical and research
capability to provide high level professional expertise in the field of environmental
protection and sustainable use of natural resources for national governmental
institutions, public enterprises and private companies.
This state owned research institute employs 400.



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The institute provides the following services:
- Elaboration of basic principles of the national environmental strategy to assure
sustainable development, ecological and radiation safety, as well as improvement of
environmental situation in Ukraine.
- Development of legislative, institutional and economic tools to support environmental
protection activities.
- Development of scientific approaches to water quality control and river basin
management.
- Provision of scientific, methodological, meteorological, technical and information
support for ecological monitoring activities.
- Development of the environmental protection programs and regulatory documents,
integrated river basin management plans, approaches to environmental impact assessment and
monitoring of the environment.
- Development of ecologically sound research and production technologies, and military
defense policy in particular.
- Development of capacities of natural reserves and biodiversity protection areas.
- Development of systems and tools of control and management of industrial waste disposal
and atmospheric pollution.
- Analysis of the atmospheric air condition and development of air protection measures.
- Provision of scientific support for the national and local environmental protection
authorities.
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