List of environmental ministries
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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, 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[edit]
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Energy and Mining
- Ministry of Water Resources and Environment
Argentina[edit]
Australia[edit]
- 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[edit]
Bangladesh[edit]
Brazil[edit]
Bulgaria[edit]
- Ministry of Environment and Water[1]
Cambodia[edit]
Canada[edit]
- 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[edit]
Mainland China[edit]
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment
- formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008–2018)
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration (aka National Park Administration)
Hong Kong[edit]
Macau[edit]
Croatia[edit]
Cuba[edit]
Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]
Denmark[edit]
Egypt[edit]
Saudi Arabia[edit]
Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)
El Salvador[edit]
Finland[edit]
France[edit]
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning
- Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
Georgia[edit]
Germany[edit]
- 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:
Greece[edit]
Guatemala[edit]
Honduras[edit]
Iceland[edit]
India[edit]
Indonesia[edit]
Iran[edit]
Ireland[edit]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Environmental Protection Agency
Israel[edit]
Italy[edit]
Japan[edit]
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)[edit]
Kuwait[edit]
Luxembourg[edit]
Malaysia[edit]
Mexico[edit]
Myanmar[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
Nicaragua[edit]
Nigeria[edit]
- National
- States
Norway[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
Papua New Guinea[edit]
Peru[edit]
Philippines[edit]
Poland[edit]
Portugal[edit]
Romania[edit]
Russia[edit]
Singapore[edit]
South Africa[edit]
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Department of Environmental Affairs
- Department of Water Affairs
- South African National Parks
South Korea[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sri Lanka[edit]
Sweden[edit]
- Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
- Ministry of the Environment
- Swedish Chemicals Agency
Switzerland[edit]
Republic of China (Taiwan)[edit]
Tanzania[edit]
Thailand[edit]
Turkey[edit]
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation
- Ministry of Forest and Water Management
Ukraine[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
England[edit]
- Environment Agency (protection and regulation)
- Historic England (monuments and buildings)
- Natural England (conservation)
Northern Ireland[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Historic Environment Scotland (monuments and buildings)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (protection and regulation)
- Scottish Natural Heritage (conservation)
Wales[edit]
- Cadw (monuments and buildings)
- Natural Resources Wales (environmental protection and conservation)
United States[edit]
- 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
Uruguay[edit]
Venezuela[edit]
See also[edit]
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- 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[edit]
- ^ 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.