List of environmental ministries
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 for the Environment, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources, and so forth. 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 Agriculture
- Ministry of Energy and Mining
- Ministry of Water Resources and Environment
Argentina
- Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- * National Parks Administration
Australia
;States
- Department for Environment and Water
- Department of Energy and Water Supply
- Department of Environment and Conservation
- Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
- Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts
- Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment
- Office of Environment and Heritage
Azerbaijan
- Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Bangladesh
- Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change
Brazil
- Ministry of the Environment
- * Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
Bulgaria
- Ministry of Environment and Water
Cambodia
- Ministry of Environment
Canada
; Provincial
- Department of Environment and Local Government
- Manitoba Conservation
- Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Fight Against Climate Change
China, People's Republic of
Mainland China
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment
- : formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection
- * National Nuclear Safety Administration
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- *
Hong Kong
- Environment Bureau
- * Environmental Protection Department
- 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
Denmark
- Ministry of Climate and Energy
- Ministry of Environment
- * Danish Forest and Nature Agency
- * Danish Geodata Agency
Egypt
- Ministry of Environment
Saudi Arabia
El Salvador
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Finland
- Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency
- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
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 with:
- * Umweltbundesamt — the German Environment Agency, which provides scientific support
- * Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- * Bundesamt für kerntechnische Entsorgungssicherheit - the German agency for nuclear safety
- * Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture with:
- * Agency for Renewable Resources
- * Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
- * etc.
Greece
- Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Guatemala
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
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
- * Directorate General of Nature Resources and Ecosystem Conservation
Iran
- Department of Environment
Ireland
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
- Environmental Protection Agency
Israel
- Environmental Protection Ministry
Italy
- Ministry of the Environment
Japan
- Ministry of the Environment
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
- Ministry of Environment
Kuwait
- Environment Public Authority
Luxembourg
- Department of Environment
Malaysia
- Ministry of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment
Mexico
- Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
- * National Forestry Commission of Mexico
Myanmar
- Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Netherlands
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
New Zealand
- Department of Conservation
- Ministry for the Environment
- Ministry for Primary Industries
Nicaragua
- Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Nigeria
; States
- Rivers State Ministry of Environment
Norway
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Ministry of the Environment
- * Climate and Pollution Agency
- * Directorate for Nature Management
Pakistan
- Ministry of Environment
Peru
- Ministry of Environment
Philippines
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- *Environmental Management Bureau
- *Mines and Geosciences Bureau
- *Land Management Bureau
- *Forest Management Bureau
- *Ecosystem Research Development Bureau
Poland
- Ministry of Environment
Portugal
- Ministry of Environment
Romania
- Ministry of Environment and Forests
Russia
- Ministry of Agriculture
- * Aerial Forest Protection Service
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Singapore
- Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
- National Environment Agency
- National Parks Board
South Africa
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Department of Environmental Affairs
- Department of Water Affairs
- South African National Parks
South Korea
- Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Ministry of Environment
Spain
- Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sri Lanka
- Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife
- * Department of Wildlife Conservation
- Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
- * Department of Forest Conservation
Sweden
- Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
- Ministry of the Environment
- * Environmental Protection Agency
- Swedish Chemicals Agency
Switzerland
- Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan
Tanzania
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
Thailand
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Turkey
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation
- Ministry of Forest and Water Management
Ukraine
- Ministry of Ecology
United Kingdom
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of Energy and Climate Change
England
- Environment Agency
- * Forestry Commission
- Historic England
- Natural England
Northern Ireland
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- * Northern Ireland Environment Agency
- Department of the Environment, dissolved 2016
Scotland
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scottish Natural Heritage
Wales
- Cadw
- Natural Resources Wales
United States
- 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
- * National Park Service
- * United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- * United States Geological Survey
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
; Territory
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Uruguay
- Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment
Venezuela
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources