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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 of Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources or Ministry for the Ecological Transition. 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.

Following is a list of environmental ministries by country:

Algeria

• Ministry of Water Resources and Environment

Argentina

• Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
  • National Parks Administration

Australia

Federal

• Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

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

• Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

Bangladesh

• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)
  • Department of Environment
  • Forest Department
  • Bangladesh Climate Change Trust
  • Bangladesh National Herbarium
  • Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI)
  • Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation
  • Bangladesh Rubber Board

Brazil

• Ministry of the Environment

Bulgaria

• Ministry of Environment and Water^[1]

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 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

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^[2]

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

Logo of the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection

• 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
  • others

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

Hungary

• Ministry of Environment (until 2011)
• Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for the environment since 2011

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 the Environment, Climate and Communications
• Environmental Protection Agency

(See also § Northern Ireland.)

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

Kyrgyzstan

• Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Technical supervision
• Ministry of Agriculture
  • Department of Fisheries
  • Department of Mechanization, Innovative Technologies and Cooperation
  • Department of Pasture and Breeding Livestock
  • Plant Quarantine Department
  • Department of Organic Agriculture
  • Agricultural Crops Examination Department
  • Center for Registration and Certification of Veterinary Drugs, Feed and Feed Additives
  • Department of Chemicals, Protection and Plant Quarantine
  • "AgroSmart" Digitization and Marketing Center (State Enterprise)
  • Forest Service
  • Veterinary Service
  • Land and Water Control Service
  • Kyrgyz Agricultural Research Institute
  • Kyrgyz Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Pasture
• Ministry of Energy

Lithuania

• Ministry of Environment

Luxembourg

• Department of Environment

Malaysia

• Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change

Mexico

• Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
  • National Forestry Commission of Mexico

Myanmar

• Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry

Netherlands

• Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

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

Papua New Guinea

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

Peru

Headquarters of the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment

• 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
  • Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision
  • Federal Agency for Fishery
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
  • Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
  • Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources
  • Federal Agency of Water Resources
  • Federal Agency for Forestry
  • Federal Agency for Mineral Resources

Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)

Singapore

Headquarters of the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

• Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
• National Environment Agency
• National Parks Board

South Africa

• Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
• Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries

South Korea

• Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Ministry of Environment

Spain

• Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

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)
  • Environmental Protection Agency
• Swedish Chemicals Agency

Switzerland

• Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Ministry of Environment

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, Urbanisation and Climate Change
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Uganda

• Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

Ukraine

• Ministry of Ecology

United Kingdom

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

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

Uruguay

• Ministry of Environment

Venezuela

• Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Yemen

• Ministry of Water and Environment (Yemen)

See also

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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

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