CONTENTS Basic information of Slovak Republic Integrated Environmental Monitoring and Information System Spatial Environmental monitoring system Environmental information system Components of the Environment Air Water Geology Soil Flora and Fauna Major Cummulative Environmental Pressures Climate Change Acidification Eutrophication The Ozone Layer Depletion Tropospheric Ozone Nature and Landscape Protection Natural Heritage Cultural Heritage in the Landscape and its Conservation Slovak Contribution to the World Heritage Spatial Arrangement and Functional Use of Territory Environmental Regional Classification of the SR and Endangered Areas Environmental Regionalisation Endangered Regions State of the Environment - Causes and Consequences Economic Impacts on the Environment Public Health Environmental Risk Factors Physical Risk Factors Chemical Risk Factors Waste Natural and Technological Hazards Environmental Care Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Assessment and Eco-labelling Environmental Management System Environmental Law Economics of Environmental Protection Environmental Education International Co-operation International Environmental Strategy Programmes and Projects of International Co-operation Alphabetical List of Abbreviations