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, 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

Argentina

Australia

National
States

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

  • Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change


Brazil

Bulgaria

  • Ministry of Environment and Water[1]

Cambodia

Canada

National
Provincial

China, People's Republic of

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Macau

Croatia

Cuba

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism

Denmark

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)

El Salvador

  • Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Finland

France

Georgia

Logo of the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

  • Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Honduras

  • Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Kuwait

Luxembourg

  • Department of Environment

Malaysia

  • Ministry of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment

Mexico

Myanmar

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

National
  • Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Federal Ministry of Environment
States

Norway

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

  • Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority[3][4]

Peru

Headquarters of the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment.

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Headquarters of the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Tanzania

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

  • Ministry of Ecology

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

United States

National
State
Territory

Uruguay

Venezuela

See also

References

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