An environmental ministry is a national or subnational

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

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, or Department of Natural Resources. 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:

Algeria

* Ministry of Water Resources and Environment

Argentina

Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development The Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests ( ro, Ministerul Mediului, Apelor și Pădurilor) is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. It was created in 1991. The institution was known as the Ministry of Environment and Waters ...

** National Parks Administration

Australia

;Federal * Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment ;States * Department for Environment and Water (South Australia) * Department of Environment and Science (Queensland) * Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) * Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (New South Wales) *

Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (Tasmania) The Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) is the government department of the Tasmanian Government responsible for supporting primary industry development, the protection of Tasmania's natural environment, effective lan ...

* Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (Western Australia)

Azerbaijan

* Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

Brazil

* Ministry of the Environment

Bulgaria

* Ministry of Environment and Water

Cambodia

Ministry of Environment 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 ...

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

China, People's Republic of

Mainland China

Ministry of Ecology and Environment The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, formerly the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China, and prior to 2008 known as the State Environmental Protection Administration, is a department of the State Council of t ...

*: formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008–2018) **

National Nuclear Safety Administration National Nuclear Safety Administration () or NNSA is a central government agency responsible for regulating nuclear safety, supervision on all civilian nuclear infrastructure in China. It also inspects nuclear safety activities and regulate the ...

Ministry of Natural Resources 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, ...

** (aka National Park Administration)

Hong Kong

Environment Bureau The Environment Bureau (ENB; ) is a defunct executive agency of the Government of Hong Kong in operation from 2007 to 2022. It was responsible for developing policies in environmental protection, energy, climate change, sustainable development ...

Environmental Protection Department Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is a department of Hong Kong Government concerning the issues of environmental protection in Hong Kong.The EPD is responsible for developing policies covering environmental protection, nature conserva ...

* Food and Health Bureau ** Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Macau

* Secretariat for Transport and Public Works **

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 Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

Denmark

* Ministry of Climate and Energy *

** Danish Forest and Nature Agency ** Danish Geodata Agency

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)

El Salvador

Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), is in charge of environmental protection and of the study, planning, and management of the Nicaragua's natural resources. It was formerly known as the Nicaraguan Institute of Natural R ...

Finland

* Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency *

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority ( fi, Säteilyturvakeskus, sv, Strålsäkerhetscentralen), often abbreviated as STUK, is a government agency tasked with nuclear safety and radiation monitoring in Finland. The agency is a division of ...

France

* Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning * Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy

Georgia

* 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 Nuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in protection of workers, the public and the ...

** Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz * Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) with: ** Agency for Renewable Resources ** Federal Institute for Risk Assessment ** etc.

Greece

* Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change

Guatemala

Honduras

* Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines

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 The Ministry of Environment and Forestry ( id, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan) is the cabinet-level, government ministry in the Republic of Indonesia responsible for managing and conserving that nation's forests. The current Ministe ...

** 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 A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

Israel

* Environmental Protection Ministry

Italy

* Ministry of the Environment (Italy)

Japan

* Ministry of the Environment

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Kuwait

Environment Public Authority The Environment Public Authority of Kuwait is an independent governmental organization dedicated to environmental action, and domestic and international legislation and policy regarding the environment. The Environment Public Authority serves as ...

Lithuania

Luxembourg

* Department of Environment

Malaysia

* Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change

Mexico

Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish: ''Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT'') is Mexico's environment ministry. Its head, the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, is a member ...

National Forestry Commission of Mexico The National Forestry Commission of Mexico ( es, Comisión Nacional Forestal or CONAFOR) is a government agency tasked with developing, supporting and promoting the conservation and restoration of Mexico's forests, as well participating in the de ...

Myanmar

Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry ( my, ) is a ministry in the government of Myanmar responsible for the country's forestry and logging sectors. From 1948 to 5 March 1992, the Ministry was joined with the Ministry of Agric ...

Netherlands

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New Zealand

Department of Conservation 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 ...

* Ministry for the Environment * Ministry for Primary Industries

Nicaragua

Nigeria

; National *

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is a Ministry of the Federal Government of Nigeria that has the mandate to ensure food security in crop, livestock and fisheries, stimulate agricultural employment and services, promote t ...

Federal Ministry of Environment Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

; States *

Rivers State Ministry of Environment The Rivers State Ministry of Environment (RSMENV) is a ministry of the Government of Rivers State established in 2003 to deal with matters relating to the environment. Its functions include formulating, implementing and reviewing of policies on th ...

Norway

Ministry of Agriculture and Food An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

* Ministry of the Environment ** Climate and Pollution Agency ** Directorate for Nature Management

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

* Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority

Peru

Philippines

* Department of Environment and Natural Resources ** Environmental Management Bureau **

Mines and Geosciences Bureau The Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) is a government agency of the Philippines under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The MGB is responsible for the conservation, management, development and use of the country's mi ...

** Land Management Bureau ** Forest Management Bureau ** Ecosystem Research Development Bureau

Poland

Portugal

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 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, ...

** 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

Singapore

* 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 The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It is headquartered at the national government complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.Ministry of Environment 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 ...

Spain

Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for developing the government policy on fight against climate change, prevention of pollution, protecting th ...

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

Sri Lanka

* Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife **

Department of Wildlife Conservation The Department of Wildlife Conservation ( Sinhala: වනජීවී සංරක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ''Vanajivi Sanrakshana Departhamenthuwa'') is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka. It is th ...

Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment The Ministry of Environment ( si, පරිසර අමාත්‍යාංශය; ta, சுற்றாடல் அமைச்சு) is the cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka with oversight of the environment and the Mahaweli ...

** Department of Forest Conservation

Sweden

* Ministry of the Environment **

Swedish Chemicals Agency Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Switzerland

* Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan The Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (EPA, ) is a cabinet-level executive agency responsible for protecting and conserving the environment in the Republic of China (Taiwan). This also includes, air quality, noise control, m ...

Tanzania

Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism is the government ministry of Tanzania that is responsible for the management of natural resources and cultural resources and for the development of the tourism industry. It has a wide range of inve ...

Thailand

* Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand)

Turkey

* Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources *

Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

* Ministry of Forest and Water Management

Ukraine

* Ministry of Ecology

United Kingdom

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United K ...

(DEFRA)

England

Environment Agency The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...

(protection and regulation) * Forestry Commission * 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 (, a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keeping/preserving") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group. works to protect the historic buildings and structures, the landscapes and heritage s ...

(monuments and buildings) * Natural Resources Wales (environmental protection and conservation)

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 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...

** National Park Service ** United States Fish and Wildlife Service ** United States Geological Survey * United States Environmental Protection Agency ; State ; Territory *

Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources The Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico tasked with protecting, conserving, developing, and managing the natural and environmental resources in Puert ...

Uruguay

Venezuela

* Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

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