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An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Environment, Department for the Environment, Department of Environmental Protection, or Department of Natural Resources. Such agencies typically address environmental concerns such as the maintenance of environmental quality, nature preserves, the sustained use of natural resources, and prevention of pollution or contamination of the natural environment.

Following is a list of environmental ministries by country:

Algeria[]

• Ministry of Water Resources and Environment

Argentina[]

• Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
  • National Parks Administration

Australia[]

Federal

• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

States

• Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
• Department of Environment and Science (Queensland)
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria)
• Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (New South Wales)
• Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (Tasmania)
• Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (Western Australia)

Azerbaijan[]

• Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

Brazil[]

• Ministry of the Environment

Bulgaria[]

• Ministry of Environment and Water^[1]

Cambodia[]

• Ministry of Environment

Canada[]

National

• Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Natural Resources Canada

Provincial

• Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)
• Manitoba Conservation
• Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
• Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Quebec)
• Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Fight Against Climate Change

China, People's Republic of[]

Mainland China[]

• Ministry of Ecology and Environment

  formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008–2018)

  • National Nuclear Safety Administration
• Ministry of Natural Resources
  •  [zh] (aka National Park Administration)

Hong Kong[]

• Environment Bureau
  • Environmental Protection Department
• Food and Health Bureau
  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Macau[]

• Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
  •  [zh]

Croatia[]

• Ministry of Construction and Spatial Planning
• Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection

Cuba[]

• Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

Democratic Republic of the Congo[]

Denmark[]

• Ministry of Climate and Energy
• Ministry of Environment
  • Danish Forest and Nature Agency
  • Danish Geodata Agency

Egypt[]

• Ministry of Environment^[2]

Saudi Arabia[]

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)

El Salvador[]

Finland[]

• Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency
• Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

France[]

• Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning
• Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy

Georgia[]

• Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture

Germany[]

• Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) with:
  • Umweltbundesamt (UBA) — the German Environment Agency, which provides scientific support
  • Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  • - the German agency for nuclear safety
  • Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz

• Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) with:
  • Agency for Renewable Resources
  • Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
  • etc.

Greece[]

• Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change

Guatemala[]

Honduras[]

Iceland[]

• Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources

India[]

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • Central Pollution Control Board
  • Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
  • Indian Forest Service

Indonesia[]

• Ministry of Environment and Forestry
  • Directorate General of Nature Resources and Ecosystem Conservation

Iran[]

• Department of Environment

Ireland[]

• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
• Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
• Environmental Protection Agency

Israel[]

• Environmental Protection Ministry

Italy[]

• Ministry of the Environment (Italy)

Japan[]

• Ministry of the Environment

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)[]

• Ministry of Environment

Kuwait[]

• Environment Public Authority

Lithuania[]

• Ministry of Environment

Luxembourg[]

Malaysia[]

• Ministry of Environment and Water

Mexico[]

• Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
  • National Forestry Commission of Mexico

Myanmar[]

• Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry

Netherlands[]

• Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

New Zealand[]

• Department of Conservation
• Ministry for the Environment
• Ministry for Primary Industries

Nicaragua[]

• Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Nigeria[]

National

• Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

States

• Rivers State Ministry of Environment

Norway[]

• Ministry of Agriculture and Food
• Ministry of the Environment
  • Climate and Pollution Agency
  • Directorate for Nature Management

Pakistan[]

• Ministry of Environment

Papua New Guinea[]

• Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority^[3][4]

Peru[]

• Ministry of Environment

Philippines[]

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • Mines and Geosciences Bureau
  • Land Management Bureau

Poland[]

• Ministry of Environment

Portugal[]

• Ministry of Environment

Romania[]

• Ministry of Environment and Forests

Russia[]

• Ministry of Agriculture
  • Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision
  • Federal Agency for Fishery
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
  • Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
  • Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources
  • Federal Agency of Water Resources
  • Federal Agency for Forestry
  • Federal Agency for Mineral Resources

Singapore[]

• Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
• National Environment Agency
• National Parks Board

South Africa[]

• Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
• Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries

South Korea[]

• Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Ministry of Environment

Spain[]

• Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sri Lanka[]

• • Department of Wildlife Conservation
• Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
  • Department of Forest Conservation

Sweden[]

• Ministry of the Environment
  • Environmental Protection Agency

Switzerland[]

• Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

Republic of China (Taiwan)[]

• Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan

Tanzania[]

• Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

Thailand[]

• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand)

Turkey[]

• Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
• Ministry of Forest and Water Management

Ukraine[]

• Ministry of Ecology

United Kingdom[]

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

England[]

• Environment Agency (protection and regulation)
• Forestry Commission
• Historic England (monuments and buildings)
• Natural England (conservation)

Northern Ireland[]

• Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency (protection, conservation, and monuments and buildings)
• Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), dissolved 2016

Scotland[]

• Historic Environment Scotland (monuments and buildings)
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (protection and regulation)
• Scottish Natural Heritage (conservation)

Wales[]

• Cadw (monuments and buildings)
• Natural Resources Wales (environmental protection and conservation)

United States[]

National

• Council on Environmental Quality
• United States Department of Agriculture
  • United States Forest Service
• United States Department of Defense
• United States Department of Energy
• United States Department of the Interior
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service
  • United States Geological Survey
• United States Environmental Protection Agency

State

Territory

• Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

Uruguay[]

• Ministry of Environment

Venezuela[]

• Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Environment ministries.

• Environment minister
• List of agriculture ministries
• List of environmental organizations
• List of forestry ministries
• List of ministers of the environment
• List of ministers of climate change

References[]