List of environmental ministries explained
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
Argentina
Australia
States
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Brazil
Bulgaria
- Ministry of Environment and Water[1]
Cambodia
Canada
- National
- Provincial
China, People's Republic of
Mainland China
formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008 - 2018)
Hong Kong
Macau
Croatia
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
Denmark
Egypt
El Salvador
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
- Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
- 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
Luxembourg
- Department of Environment
Malaysia
Mexico
Moldova
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
- National
- States
Norway
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority[3] [4]
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
United States
- National
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
- Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection
Louisiana
Maine
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management#The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM)
South Carolina
South Dakota
- South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
- Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
- Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Virginia
Washington (state)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Interstate agencies
See also
- US Federal environmental agencies
- Territory
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yemen
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.moew.government.bg/ Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria).
- http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/ Ministry of Environment, Egypt
- Web site: Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea . . 22 November 2020.
- Web site: Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority . pngcepa.com . 23 November 2020.