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 edit
Argentina edit
Australia edit
- 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 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 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 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
El Salvador edit
Finland edit
France edit
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[citation needed]
- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
Greece edit
Guatemala edit
Honduras edit
Hungary edit
- Ministry of Environment (until 2011)[citation needed]
- Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for the environment since 2011
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
Kyrgyzstan edit
- 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 edit
Luxembourg edit
Malaysia edit
Mexico edit
Moldova 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
Saudi Arabia edit
Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)
Singapore edit
South Africa edit
South Korea edit
Spain edit
Sri Lanka edit
- 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 edit
Switzerland edit
Republic of China (Taiwan) edit
Tanzania edit
Thailand edit
Turkey edit
Uganda edit
Ukraine edit
United Kingdom edit
England edit
- Environment Agency (protection and regulation)
- Forestry Commission
- 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
Alabama edit
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alaska edit
Arizona edit
Arkansas edit
California edit
Colorado edit
Connecticut edit
Delaware edit
District of Columbia edit
Florida edit
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Northwest Florida Water Management District
- Suwannee River Water Management District
- St. Johns River Water Management District
- Southwest Florida Water Management District
- South Florida Water Management District
Georgia edit
Hawaii edit
Idaho edit
Illinois edit
Indiana edit
Iowa edit
Kansas edit
- Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Environment
Kentucky edit
Louisiana edit
Maine edit
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maryland edit
Massachusetts edit
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)
- Coastal Zone Management
- Water Resources Commission
- Massachusetts Environmental Police
- Office of Grants and Technical Assistance
- Division of Conservation Services
- Massachusetts Environmental Trust
- Office of Technical Assistance and Technology
- Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration
- Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
- Division of Agricultural Conservation and Tech Assistance
- Division of Agricultural Markets
- Division of Animal Health
- Division of Crop and Pest Services
- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Division of State Parks (MassParks)
- Division of Water Supply Protection
- Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
- Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife)
- Division of Marine Fisheries
- Division of Ecological Restoration
- Office of Fishing and Boating Access
Michigan edit
Minnesota edit
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- University of Minnesota Extension Service
Mississippi edit
Missouri edit
Montana edit
Nebraska edit
Nevada edit
New Hampshire edit
New Jersey edit
New Mexico edit
New York edit
- Adirondack Park Agency
- Hudson River Valley Greenway
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
North Carolina edit
North Dakota edit
Ohio edit
Oklahoma edit
Oregon edit
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Oregon Department of Forestry
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Oregon Department of Water Resources
- Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Pennsylvania edit
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Rhode Island edit
South Carolina edit
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
South Dakota edit
Tennessee edit
Texas edit
Utah edit
Vermont edit
Virginia edit
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Virginia Department of Forestry
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Washington (state) edit
West Virginia edit
- West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Wisconsin edit
Wyoming edit
Interstate agencies edit
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Great Lakes Commission
- Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
- Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- Red River Compact Commission
- Susquehanna River Basin Commission
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
- Yellowstone River Compact Commission
See also edit
- US Federal environmental agencies
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Department of Agriculture, including the USFS
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Interior, including the BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, USGS
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Drought Policy Commission (defunct)
- Territory
Uruguay edit
Venezuela edit
Yemen edit
See also edit
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.