The Council on Ecological Controls was an agency of the Bajoran Provisional Government in the 2370s which over saw the preservation of Bajor’s ecology. In 2370 a group of private Bajoran investors arranged for a family of Hortas to be delivered to Bajor to assist in mining operations, however the Council on Ecological Controls refused to allow to Horta to come to Bajor on the grounds they would disrupt Bajor’s ecology.