The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) (Albanian: Ministria e Mjedisit dhe Planifikimit Hapsinor e Kosovës, Serbian: Министарство Средине и Просторног Планирања, Ministarstvo Sredine i Prostornog Planiranja) is a ministry within the Government of Kosovo. Its areas of responsibility include environmental protection, ensuring the provision of information about the state of environment, setting preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources, etc.[1] The minister of the MESP is Dardan Gashi.[2]
The ministry has numerous divisions and subordinate institutions responsible for protected areas.