IEP-NRI The Institute of Environmental Protection

Institute of Environmental Protection is supervised by the Ministry of the Environment. The development of the basic environmental policy on a national and international scale distinguishes IEP-NRI from other research and development units dealing with issues of environmental protection. An important part of IEP-NRI activity is comprehensive environmental research, integrating research conducted in different research fields.

The Institute operates in the following fields:

• Developing the basics of Poland’s environmental strategy and policy and participating in international studies,
• Comprehensive studies of the environment, especially the processes and consequences of its degradation, with particular emphasis on the areas of industrial degradation,
• Protection of the atmosphere against pollution,
• Climate protection,
• Protection against noise and vibration,
• Protection of the landscape and living resources of nature,
• Protection and restoration of the biologically active surface of the earth,
• Protection and restoration of water resources,
• Waste management.

The scope of the Institute’s activities also includes:

• international and national cooperation in the field of environmental protection,
• ecological education,
• granting technical approvals for equipment for wastewater treatment and treatment of sludge,
• issuing opinions on plant protection products intended for registration in Poland in the field of environmental safety,
• implementation and dissemination of the Institute’s results through its own publications, organization of conventions, conferences and national symposia,
• library and information activities.

We invite you to visit the IEP-NRI webside: www://ios.edu.pl/en/