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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[]
Argentina[]
Australia[]
- Federal
- 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[]
Brazil[]
Bulgaria[]
- Ministry of Environment and Water[1]
Cambodia[]
Canada[]
- National
- 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)
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- (aka National Park Administration)
Hong Kong[]
Macau[]
Croatia[]
- Ministry of Construction and Spatial Planning
- Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
Cuba[]
Democratic Republic of the Congo[]
Denmark[]
- Ministry of Climate and Energy
- Ministry of Environment
- Danish Forest and Nature Agency
- Danish Geodata Agency
Egypt[]
Saudi Arabia[]
Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)
El Salvador[]
Finland[]
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[]
India[]
Indonesia[]
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[]
Japan[]
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)[]
- Ministry of Environment
Kuwait[]
Lithuania[]
Luxembourg[]
Malaysia[]
Mexico[]
Myanmar[]
- Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Netherlands[]
New Zealand[]
Nicaragua[]
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Nigeria[]
- National
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- States
Norway[]
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Ministry of the Environment
Pakistan[]
Papua New Guinea[]
Peru[]
Philippines[]
Poland[]
Portugal[]
Romania[]
- Ministry of Environment and Forests
Russia[]
Singapore[]
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[]
Sweden[]
- Ministry of the Environment
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
Uruguay[]
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[]
- ^ Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria). Accessed: 17 November 2014.
- ^ Ministry of Environment, Egypt
- ^ "Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea". Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority". pngcepa.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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