Department_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, 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.
This article is about national and subnational agencies. For supranational agencies, see List of supranational environmental agencies.
Following is a list of environmental ministries by country:
- Federal
- States
- Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
- Department of Environment and Science (Queensland)
- Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria)
- Department of Planning and Environment (New South Wales)
- Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Tasmania)
- Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (Western Australia)
- Ministry of Environment and Water[1]
- National
- 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
- Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change
Mainland China
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment
- formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008–2018)
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration [zh] (aka National Park Administration)
Hong Kong
Macau
- Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
- Environmental Protection Bureau (Macau) [zh]
- Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism[citation needed]
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources[citation needed]
- 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[citation needed]
- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
- Secretariat of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mines[citation needed]
- Ministry of Environment (until 2011)[citation needed]
- Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for the environment since 2011
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Environmental Protection Agency
(See also § Northern Ireland.)
- 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
- Department of Environment[citation needed]
- National
- States
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Environmental Management Bureau[citation needed]
- Mines and Geosciences Bureau
- Land Management Bureau
- Forest Management Bureau[citation needed]
- Ecosystem Research Development Bureau[citation needed]
Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)
- Department of Wildlife Conservation, responsible for maintaining national parks, nature reserves and wildlife in wilderness areas
- Department of Forest Conservation, for maintenance of forest reserves and wilderness areas
- Ministry of Environment, specifically for Mahaweli River area
England
- Environment Agency (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 (monuments and buildings)
- Natural Resources Wales (environmental protection and conservation)
- National
- Council on Environmental Quality
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Northwest Florida Water Management District
- Suwannee River Water Management District
- St. Johns River Water Management District
- Southwest Florida Water Management District
- South Florida Water Management District
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
- Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Environment
Kentucky
- Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
- Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection
Louisiana
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Maine
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)
- Coastal Zone Management
- Water Resources Commission
- Massachusetts Environmental Police
- Office of Grants and Technical Assistance
- Division of Conservation Services
- Massachusetts Environmental Trust
- Office of Technical Assistance and Technology
- Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration
- Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
- Division of Agricultural Conservation and Tech Assistance
- Division of Agricultural Markets
- Division of Animal Health
- Division of Crop and Pest Services
- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Division of State Parks (MassParks)
- Division of Water Supply Protection
- Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
- Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife)
- Division of Marine Fisheries
- Division of Ecological Restoration
- Office of Fishing and Boating Access
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- University of Minnesota Extension Service
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Adirondack Park Agency
- Hudson River Valley Greenway
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Oregon Department of Forestry
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Oregon Department of Water Resources
- Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
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
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Virginia Department of Forestry
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Washington (state)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Interstate agencies
See also
- US Federal environmental agencies
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Department of Agriculture, including the USFS
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Interior, including the BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, USGS
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Drought Policy Commission (defunct)
- Territory
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Environment ministries.
- Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria). Accessed: 17 November 2014.
- "Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea". Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority". pngcepa.com. Retrieved 23 November 2020.