This law regulates the relation between the man and the environment, protects the
environmental elements and processes and guarantees the material conditions for the
sustainable development by completing the necessary legal frame for the implementation
of the constitutional right to have an ecologically sound environment. The law
aims at:
a. The rational use of the environment, the reduction of the discharges into and
pollution of the environment, prevention of its damage, rehabilitation and
restoration of the damaged environment;
b. The improvement of environmental conditions, related to the quality of life and
protection of public health;
c. The preservation and maintenance of natural resources, renewable and nonrenewable,
a rational and efficient management by ensuring their regeneration;
d. The coordination of the state activities to meet the environmental protection
requirements.
e. The international cooperation in the field of environmental protection
f. The promotion of public participation in the environmental protection activities
g. The coordination of the economic and social development of the country with
the requirements of environmental protection and sustainable development.
h. The establishment and strengthening of the institutional system of environmental
protection on national and local level.

The protection of environment from pollution and damage constitutes a national
priority for all state institutions, physic and legal persons, foreign and nationals that
exercise their activities within Albanian territory.