List of environmental ministries
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. Sometimes these tasks are undertaken by other agencies, such as ministries of agriculture or of transport.
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Following is a list of environmental ministries by country:
Australia
- Federal
- States
- Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
- Department of Environment and Science (Queensland)
- Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria)
- Department of Planning and Environment (New South Wales)
- Department of Natural Resources 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 Environment, Climate and Parks
- 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
- Nova Scotia Department of Environment and 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
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration (aka National Park Administration)
Hong Kong
Macau
- Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
- Environmental Protection Bureau (Macau)
Croatia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
Denmark
El Salvador
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
France
Georgia
Logo of the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection
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
Guatemala
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Honduras
- Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
Hungary
- Ministry of Environment (until 2011)
- Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for the environment since 2011
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Kuwait
Lithuania
Luxembourg
- Department of Environment
Netherlands
Nigeria
- National
- States
Norway
Pakistan
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
Portugal
Singapore
Headquarters of the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
South Africa
- Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries
Spain
Sri Lanka
- Department of Wildlife Conservation, responsible for maintaining national parks, nature reserves and wildlife in wilderness areas
- Department of Forest Conservation, for maintenance of forest reserves and wilderness areas
- Ministry of Environment, specifically for Mahaweli River area
Sweden
- Ministry of the Environment (dissolved in 2022)
- Ministry of Innovation (merged with Ministry of the Environment in 2022)
- Swedish Chemicals Agency
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Turkey
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation
- Ministry of Forest and Water Management
Ukraine
United Kingdom
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 Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- State
- Territory
Uruguay
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Environment ministries.
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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