List of environmental ministries

Summary

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

Azerbaijan edit

Bangladesh edit

Brazil edit

Bulgaria edit

  • Ministry of Environment and Water[1]

Cambodia edit

Canada edit

National
Provincial

China, People's Republic of edit

Mainland China edit

Hong Kong edit

Macau edit

Croatia edit

Cuba edit

Democratic Republic of the Congo edit

  • Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism[citation needed]

Denmark edit

Egypt edit

El Salvador edit

  • Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources[citation needed]

Finland edit

France edit

Georgia edit

 
Logo of the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection

Germany edit

Greece edit

Guatemala edit

Honduras edit

  • Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines[citation needed]

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

(See also § Northern Ireland.)

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

  • Ministry of Environment

Luxembourg edit

  • Department of Environment[citation needed]

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

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

Peru edit

 
Headquarters of the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment

Philippines edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

Romania edit

Russia edit

Saudi Arabia edit

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)

Singapore edit

 
Headquarters of the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

South Africa edit

South Korea edit

Spain edit

Sri Lanka edit

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Republic of China (Taiwan) edit

Tanzania edit

Thailand edit

Turkey edit

Uganda edit

Ukraine edit

United Kingdom edit

England edit

Northern Ireland edit

Scotland edit

Wales edit

United States edit

National

Alabama edit

Alaska edit

Arizona edit

Arkansas edit

California edit

Colorado edit

Connecticut edit

Delaware edit

District of Columbia edit

Florida edit

Georgia edit

Hawaii edit

Idaho edit

Illinois edit

Indiana edit

Iowa edit

Kansas edit

Kentucky edit

  • Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
  • Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection

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

Michigan edit

Minnesota edit

Mississippi edit

Missouri edit

Montana edit

Nebraska edit

  • Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Nevada edit

New Hampshire edit

New Jersey edit

New Mexico edit

New York edit

North Carolina edit

North Dakota edit

  • North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality

Ohio edit

Oklahoma edit

Oregon edit

Pennsylvania edit

Rhode Island edit

South Carolina edit

South Dakota edit

  • South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Tennessee edit

Texas edit

Utah edit

    • Utah Office of Energy Development


Vermont edit

  • Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
    • Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
    • Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
    • Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Virginia edit

Washington (state) edit

West Virginia edit

Wisconsin edit

Wyoming edit

Interstate agencies edit

See also edit

US Federal environmental agencies


Territory

Uruguay edit

Venezuela edit

Yemen edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria). Accessed: 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ Ministry of Environment, Egypt
  3. ^ "Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea". Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority". pngcepa.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.