Environment minister explained

See also: List of environmental ministries. 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 environmental minister depends largely of the needs of an individual countries or states. Some powers pertaining to environment protection might be also found within transport ministers, energy ministers an so.

The world's first minister of the environment was the British Politician Peter Walker from the Conservative Party. He was appointed in 1970.

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Africa

Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Botswana)

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs

Minister of Green Economy & Environment

Americas

Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Minister of Environment and Water

Minister of the Environment and Climate Change

Minister of the Environment

Ministry for the Environment

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

Ministry of the Environment

Secretary of the Environment

Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Environment

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of the Interior

Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Asia

Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)

Minister of Environmental Protection Administration

Secretary for the Environment

Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Minister of the Environment

Ministry of Environment

Minister of Environment and Water

Minister of Environment

Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Europe

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration

Minister for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management

Ministry of the Environment

Minister of the Environment

Commissioner for the Environment

Minister of Environment

Minister of Ecology (as of 2017, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition)

Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change

Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

Ministry of the Environment

Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Environment

Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth

Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

Minister of the Environment

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Ministry of the Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning

Minister of the Environment

Environment Ministry

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Minister for the Environment

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment

Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Oceania

Minister for the Environment

Minister for the Environment

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