Environment and Heritage Service (NI)

The aim of Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) is to protect, conserve and promote our natural environment and built heritage for the benefit of present and future generations. EHS takes the lead in advising on, and in implementing, the Government's environmental policy and strategy in Northern Ireland. The Agency carries out a range of activities, which promotes the Government's key themes of sustainable development, biodiversity and climate change.

Our overall aims are to protect and conserve Northern Ireland's natural heritage and built environment, to control pollution and to promote the wider appreciation of the environment and best environmental practices.