The environmental overview is a publication about the State of the environment in Estonia and the pressure exerted on the environment.

The publication of open data on the Environmental Portal is a step towards ensuring high-quality and up-to-date data for all environmental stakeholders, researchers, officials, public sector institutions, companies, startups, educational institutions, data scientists, and others.

To address the challenges of waste data management, it is planned to implement data-driven reporting and dashboards that will solve issues related to data quality and detail, the time required for data processing, data freshness, as well as transparency and reliability of the data.

Forest land covers 51.5% of Estonia's land area and is thus an important factor in shaping the environment. A forest is a habitat for many plants and animals as well as a place for rest and relaxation. However, the forest is also the most important renewable natural resource and raw material base for the energy sector and other industries, providing work and livelihood for tens of thousands of...

Surface water is all inland waters standing or flowing on the surface of the land and coastal waters, including the territorial sea. Surface water bodies are divided into flowing (rivers, streams, ditches, canals), stagnant (lakes, ponds) and coastal water bodies. To manage surface water bodies, they are divided into parts, i.e. clearly distinct water bodies, and their records are kept.