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The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) is a non-departmental public body of the...

The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government. The Environment Agency's stated purpose is, "to protect or enhance the environment, taken as a whole" so as to promote "the objective of achieving sustainable development" (taken from the Environment Act 1995, section 4). Protection of the environment relates to threats such as flood and pollution. The vision of the Agency is of "a rich, healthy and diverse environment for present and future generations". The Environment Agency's remit covers the whole of England and Wales; about 15 million hectares of land, 22,000 miles (35,000 km) of river and 3,100 miles (5,000 km) of coastline seawards to the three mile limit which includes 2 million hectares of coastal waters.. In a sharing arrangement with SEPA, it also exercises its functions over part of the catchment of the River Tweed which is, for the most part, in Scotland The Environment Agency employs around 13,000 staff. It is organised into eight directorates that report to the Chief Executive. There are two