The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the environment protection research in the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: Serbia), and to identify the environmental research priorities for Serbia for the period 2008-2012. There are no policy documents at the moment which define strategic goals for the future in the R&D sector in Serbia, including environment research. However, the work on a new National strategy for science and technological development is currently in its final stages, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2009.