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, Department of Natural Resources, and so forth. 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 Agriculture
- Ministry of Energy and Mining
- Ministry of Water Resources and Environment
Argentina
- Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- National Parks Administration
Australia
- National
- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (since February 2020)
- States
- Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
- Department of Energy and Water Supply (Queensland)
- Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)
- Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland)
- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria)
- Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (Tasmania)
- Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (Tasmania)
- Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales)
Azerbaijan
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Bangladesh
- Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change
Brazil
- Ministry of the Environment
- Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
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
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration (aka National Park Administration)
Hong Kong
- Environment Bureau
- Food and Health Bureau
Macau
- Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
- Environmental Protection Bureau (Macau)
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
- Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
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
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
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
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Logo of the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection
- 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
- Bundesamt für kerntechnische Entsorgungssicherheit - 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
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Honduras
- Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
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
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
- Ministry of Environment
Kuwait
- Environment Public Authority
Luxembourg
- Department of Environment
Malaysia
- Ministry of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment
Mexico
- Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
- National Forestry Commission of Mexico
Myanmar
- Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Netherlands
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
New Zealand
- Department of Conservation
- Ministry for the Environment
- Ministry for Primary Industries
Nicaragua
Nigeria
- National
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Federal Ministry of Environment
- 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
Peru
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Headquarters of the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment.
- Ministry of Environment
Philippines
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Environmental Management Bureau
- Mines and Geosciences Bureau
- Land Management Bureau
- Forest Management Bureau
- Ecosystem Research Development Bureau
Poland
- Ministry of Environment
Portugal
- Ministry of Environment
Romania
- Ministry of Environment and Forests
Russia
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Aerial Forest Protection Service
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Singapore
)
Headquarters of the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.
- Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
- National Environment Agency
- National Parks Board
South Africa
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Department of Environmental Affairs
- Department of Water Affairs
- South African National Parks
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
- Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife
- Department of Wildlife Conservation
- Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
- Department of Forest Conservation
Sweden
- Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
- Ministry of the Environment
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Swedish Chemicals 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 Environment and Urbanisation
- Ministry of Forest and Water Management
Ukraine
- Ministry of Ecology
United Kingdom
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
England
- Environment Agency (protection and regulation)
- 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 Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- State
- Territory
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Uruguay
- Ministry of Environment
Venezuela
See also
- 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.