The State Administration Database

Section for Nature Governance

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.1993* Regular founding

Name: * Common unit
Short name: Fellesenh.
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Quasioffice
Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.1998* Change of name

Name: Department secretariat (BAS)
Short name: BAS

Management of agencies under the Ministry of the Environment and environmental protection departments run by county governors on behalf of the Ministry. Budget, accounts and financial management. Planning the operations of the Department for Nature Management. Coordinating research and monitoring.
Source: regjeringen.no

01.01.2025* Change of name

Name: Section for Nature Governance
Short name: STYRING

Tasks:
Section for Nature Governance
The section develops and establishes systems for a holistic and ecosystem-based management. The section is also responsible for coordinating the department's work with science and research on nature, land management, cases under the Planning and Building Act, energy matters on land, the state budget, grant management and activity planning. The section also coordinates the management of the Norwegian Environment Agency, the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre and the county governors’ environmental protection departments on behalf of the ministry.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2025

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.