The journal has been published since 1996. Its permanent founders are the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. In 1996–2015 the journal had the status of an interdepartmental bulletin, until 2008 it was published 4 times a year, since 2008 the periodicity is twice a year. In 1996–2015 the publishers were various scientific organizations. Since 2016, it has been published in the status of a scientific journal at the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Publishing House «Belorusskaya Nauka»”. The Chief Editors of the journal: I. I. Lishtvan (1996–2007), A. A. Makhnach (2008), A. I. Lobov (2009, No. 1), V. N. Astapenko (2009, No. 1 – 2011), A. M. Kovhuto (2012–2015), O. I. Borodin (2016–2918), since 2019 – M. E. Nikiforov.