Ministerial Decree No. 1775 setting up the national state institution “Kazhydromet”. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Monitoring Climate change Hazards Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract The Prime Minister, for the purpose of elaboration of hydrometeorological forecasts and access to information on the state of environment and climate change, decrees to set up the national state institution “Kazhydromet” with the following functions: (a) elaboration and compilation of short-term and long-term hydrometeorological, hydrological and agrometeorological forecasts; (b) systematic hydrometeorological survey and environmental monitoring; (c) early warning of hydrometeorological disasters; (d) keeping the national register on hydrometeorology and environmental pollution. Full text Russian