The Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests is constituted and functions as a specialized body of the central public administration, with legal personality, subordinate to the Government. The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Forests operates in the fields of: strategic planning, sustainable development, green economy, environmental infrastructure, ecological resilience, meteorology, climate change, protection, conservation and improvement of natural environment, natural protected areas, biodiversity, biosecurity, protecting citizens from environmental risks, circular economy and waste management, management of potentially contaminated and contaminated sites, management of hazardous substances and preparations, assessment and management of air quality and ambient noise, industrial pollution control and risk management, atmosphere protection, forest fund management and hunting, water management, safety of constructions and hydrotechnical arrangements, hydrology, hydrogeology, protection, conservation and restoration of natural environment in the field of water and forests, environmental management and audit system - EMAS, the EU ecological label and the national infrastructure for spatial information in the field of its competence. The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Forests carries out the policy at the national level in the fields of protection the environment, green economy, biodiversity, natural protected areas, climate change, circular economy and waste management, water management, elaborates the strategy and specific regulations for the development and harmonization of these activities within the general policy of the Government, ensures and coordinates the application of the Government's strategy in its areas of competence, fulfilling the role of state authority, of synthesis, coordination, regulation, monitoring, inspection and control in these fields.