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Krista Mikkonen Krista Johanna Mikkonen (born 15 November 1972 in Hamina, Finland) is a Finnish politician for the Green League, member of parliament, and Finland's Minister of the Interior. She lives in Joensuu, but spent her childhood in Koria. She was first ...

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Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of an ...

, chief1_name = , chief1_position = , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , chief3_name = , chief3_position = , chief4_name = , chief4_position = , chief5_name = , chief5_position = , chief6_name = , agency_type = , chief6_position = , chief7_name = , chief7_position = , chief8_name = , chief8_position = , chief9_name = , chief9_position = , parent_department = , parent_agency = , child1_agency = , child2_agency = , keydocument1 = , website = , footnotes = , map = , map_width = , map_caption = The Ministry of the Environment (YM, fi, ympäristöministeriö, sv, miljöministeriet) is one of the 12 ministries which comprise the

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. Headed by the

, the ministry is responsible for preparing legal matters concerning communities, the built environment, housing, biodiversity, sustainable use of natural resources and environmental protection in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The Ministry of the Environment employs some 280 people. The Ministry of the Environment's administrative branch includes the

Finnish Environment Institute The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) ( fi, Suomen ympäristökeskus, sv, Finlands miljöcentral) is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute under the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. SYKE has four office and research facilitie ...

(SYKE) and the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA). In matters falling within its remit, the Ministry of the Environment directs the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres). The Ministry also guides and funds Parks & Wildlife Finland within

Metsähallitus Metsähallitus (Finnish) (Forststyrelsen in Swedish, Meahciráđđehus in Sami, ''"the (Finnish) Forest Administration"'') is a state-owned enterprise in Finland. Its two main tasks are Parks & Wildlife Finland to manage most of the protected are ...

, the state-owned enterprise administering state-owned land and water areas. Finland founded the Ministry of the Environment in 1983, which was quite early compared to some other countries. In the 21st century, the ministry's role of planning housing has increased in importance. In 2014, the merging of the Ministry of the Environment with Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was discussed widely. When preparing the government 2015, Sipilä, Soini and Stubb preliminarily agreed that the Ministry of Environment would be merged with Ministry of Traffic. However, the minister post was given to

Kimmo Tiilikainen Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen (born 17 August 1966, Ruokolahti) is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party. He is an organic farmer and forester. Tiilikainen served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Environment from 2015 to 2019. He is also a ...

together with the post of Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

of the

Green League The Green League (VIHR, fi, Vihreä liitto , sv, Gröna förbundet), shortened to the Greens ( fi, Vihreät, sv, De Gröna), is a green political party in Finland. Ideologically, the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the polit ...

became the new minister upon the appointment of the

Rinne Cabinet The cabinet of Antti Rinne was the 75th government of Finland. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2019 and was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistö on 6 June 2019. The cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the ...

in June 2019.

References

External links

* Government of Finland Environment

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