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:
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Algeria
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Energy and Mining
- Ministry of Water Resources and Environment
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
Bangladesh
- Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change
Brazil
Bulgaria
- Ministry of Environment and Water[1]
Cambodia
Canada
- 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
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
- Ministry of Construction and Spatial Planning
- Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
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
- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) with:
Guatemala
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Honduras
- Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Kuwait
Luxembourg
- Department of Environment
Malaysia
- Ministry of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment
Netherlands
Nigeria
- National
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Federal Ministry of Environment
- 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
Russia
Singapore
Headquarters of the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.
South Africa
Spain
- Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sri Lanka
- Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife
- Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Sweden
- Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
- Ministry of the Environment
- 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
- 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
Uruguay
See also
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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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