List of environmental ministries

"Ministry of Natural Resources" redirects here. For other uses, see Ministry of Natural Resources (disambiguation).

See also: List of supranational environmental agencies

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:

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Algeria

• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Energy and Mining
• Ministry of Water Resources and Environment

Australia

National

• Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
• Department of the Environment and Energy

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

Brazil

• Ministry of the Environment
  • Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources

Bulgaria

• Ministry of Environment and Water

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

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

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

• Ministry of Energy
• 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 Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
• Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
• 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

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

• Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

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

Peru

• 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

• Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
• 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 of Agriculture, Food and Environment

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 of Energy and Climate Change

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

For a more comprehensive list, see List of environmental agencies in the United States.

Territory

• Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

Uruguay

• Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment

Venezuela

• Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

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