The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources ( is, Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið) is an

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

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ministry founded 23 February 1990. It was originally called the Ministry for the Environment but was renamed to its current name on 1 September 2012. The Ministry oversees a wide range of matters as they relate to the environment, including

nature conservation Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity. A range of values unde ...

wildlife protection Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habita ...

forest protection Forest protection is a branch of forestry which is concerned with the preservation or improvement of a forest and prevention and control of damage to forest by natural or man made causes like forest fires, plant pests, and adverse climatic condi ...

and revegitation efforts,

environmental impact assessment Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental imp ...

and

land use planning Land use planning is the process of regulating the use of land by a central authority. Usually, this is done to promote more desirable social and environmental outcomes as well as a more efficient use of resources. More specifically, the goals ...

pollution control Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the ...

and

environmental health Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health. In order to effectively control factors that may affect health, the requirements that must be met in ...

fire prevention Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments. The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public on the precautions which should be taken to prevent potentially harmful fires and how to survive these fires in the event that they do o ...

meteorology Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not ...

, and mapping, including

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and

remote sensing Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth ...

. The current Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources is

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Departments

The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland comprises six departments: * Department of Climate Action () * Department of Environment and Spatial Planning () * Department of Finance and Administration () * Department of Land and Natural Heritage () * Department of the Permanent Secretary () * Department of Policy Coordination and International Affairs ()

Agencies

Icelandic Meteorological Office Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO; is, Veðurstofa Íslands) is Iceland's national weather service and as such a government agency under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. It is also active in volcano monitoring, esp. volc ...

(''Veðurstofa Íslands'') * Environment Agency of Iceland (''Umhverfisstofnun'') * Iceland Construction Authority (''Mannvirkjastofnun'') *

Icelandic Forest Service The Icelandic Forest Service ( is, Skógræktin ) (IFS) is a subordinate agency to the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Iceland. This governmental institution works not only with and for the government but ...

(''Skógrækt ríkisins'') *

Iceland GeoSurvey Iceland GeoSurvey (ÍSOR) is a consulting and research institute providing specialist services to the Icelandic power industry, the Icelandic government and foreign companies, in particular in the field of geothermal sciences and utilisation. It a ...

(''Íslenskar orkurannsóknir'') * Icelandic Institute of Natural History (''Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands'') * Icelandic National Planning Agency (''Skipulagsstofnun'') * Icelandic Recycling Fund (''Úrvinnslusjóður'') * Institute of Freshwater Fisheries (''Veiðimálastofnun'') * Myvatn Research Station (''Náttúrurannsóknastöðin við Mývatn'') * National Land Survey of Iceland (''Landmælingar Íslands'') * State Soil Conservation Service (''Landgræðsla ríkisins'') * Stefansson Arctic Institute (''Stofnun Vilhjálms Stefánssonar'') *

Vatnajökull National Park Vatnajökull National Park ( is, Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður ) is one of three national parks in Iceland. It encompasses all of Vatnajökull glacier and extensive surrounding areas. These include the national parks previously existing at Skaftafel ...

(''Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður'')

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources 1990 establishments in Iceland

Environment of Iceland

Environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

Iceland, Environment and Natural Resources

Departments

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