An environmental ministry is a national or subnational

government agency A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...

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 Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause harm. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the component ...

contamination Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for the physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc. Types of contamination Within the scien ...

of the

natural environment The natural environment or natural world encompasses all life, biotic and abiotic component, abiotic things occurring nature, naturally, meaning in this case not artificiality, artificial. The term is most often applied to Earth or some parts ...

. 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

* Ministry of Water Resources and Environment

Argentina

* Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development **

National Parks Administration National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

Australia

Federal

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is a department of the Australian Government. The department was established on 1 July 2022, superseding the water and environment functions from the Department of A ...

States

* Department for Environment and Water (

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

) *

(

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

) * Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action ( Victoria) * Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

) * Department of Natural Resources and Environment (

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

) * Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

)

Azerbaijan

* Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

Bangladesh

* Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh) ** Department of Environment ** Forest Department ** Bangladesh Climate Change Trust **

Bangladesh National Herbarium The National Botanic Garden of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh National Herbarium make up the largest plant conservation center in Bangladesh, with an area of around . It is located at Mirpur Thana, Mirpur-2 in Dhaka - 1216, beside the Bangladesh N ...

** Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) ** Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation ** Bangladesh Rubber Board

Brazil

* Ministry of the Environment

Bulgaria

* Ministry of Environment and Water

Cambodia

* Ministry of Environment

Canada

; National * Environment and Climate Change Canada * Fisheries and Oceans Canada *

Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; ; )Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Natural Resources (). is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for natural r ...

; 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

China

National

* Ministry of Ecology and Environment *: formerly Ministry of Environmental Protection (2008–2018) ** National Nuclear Safety Administration * Ministry of Natural Resources ** (aka National Park Administration)

Hong Kong

* Environment and Ecology Bureau ** Environmental Protection Department ** 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

El Salvador

* Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Finland

* Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency * Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority * Finnish Environment Institute

France

* Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning *

Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

Georgia

* Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture

Germany

* 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 Nuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in protection of workers, the public and the ...

** Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz * Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) with: ** Agency for Renewable Resources ** Federal Institute for Risk Assessment ** others

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

Hungary

* Ministry of Environment (until 2011) * Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for the environment since 2011

Iceland

* Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources

India

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Government of India, Indian government Ministry (government department), ministry. The ministry Portfolio (government), portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union ...

** Central Pollution Control Board ** Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education ** Indian Forest Service

Indonesia

* Ministry of Environment

Iran

* Department of Environment

Ireland

* Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine * Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications * Environmental Protection Agency

Israel

* Environmental Protection Ministry

Italy

* Ministry of the Environment (Italy)

Japan

* Ministry of the Environment

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

* Ministry of Environment

Kuwait

* Environment Public Authority

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

* Ministry of Environment

Luxembourg

* Department of Environment

Malaysia

* Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change

Maldives

* Ministry of Tourism and Environment ** Environmental Protection Agency

Mexico

* Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources ** National Forestry Commission

Moldova

* Ministry of Environment

Myanmar

* Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry

Netherlands

* Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

New Zealand

* Department of Conservation * Ministry for the Environment * Ministry for Primary Industries

Nicaragua

* Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources

Nigeria

; National * Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development * Federal Ministry of Environment ; 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

Papua New Guinea

* Papua New Guinea Conservation & Environment Protection Authority

Peru

* Ministry of Environment

Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR; ) is the Executive Departments of the Philippines, executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the cou ...

** Environmental Management Bureau ** Mines and Geosciences Bureau ** Land Management Bureau ** Forest Management Bureau ** Ecosystem Research Development Bureau * Climate Change Commission

Poland

* Ministry of Environment

Portugal

* Ministry of Environment

Romania

* Ministry of Environment and Forests

Russia

* Ministry of Agriculture ** Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision ** Federal Agency for Fishery * Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ** Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring ** Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources ** Federal Agency of Water Resources ** Federal Agency for Forestry ** Federal Agency for Mineral Resources

Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (Saudi Arabia)

Singapore

* Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment * National Environment Agency * National Parks Board

South Africa

* Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development * Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries

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

* 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

Sweden

* Ministry of the Environment (dissolved in 2022) * Ministry of Climate and Enterprise ** Environmental Protection Agency

Switzerland

Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, , , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Organisation The department is compos ...

Republic of China (Taiwan)

* Ministry of Environment

Tanzania

* Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

Thailand

* Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand)

Turkey

* Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources * Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change * Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Uganda

* Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

Ukraine

* Ministry of Ecology

United Kingdom

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for environmental quality, environmenta ...

(DEFRA)

England

Environment Agency The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...

(protection and regulation) *

Forestry Commission The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England. The Forestry Commission was previously also respons ...

Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot ...

(monuments and buildings) *

Natural England Natural England is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is responsible for ensuring that England's natural environment, including its land, flora and fauna, ...

(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 Natural Resources Wales () is a Welsh Government sponsored body, which became operational from 1 April 2013, when it took over the management of the natural resources of Wales. It was formed from a merger of the Countryside Council for Wales, E ...

(environmental protection and conservation)

United States

; National *

Council on Environmental Quality The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Executive Office of the President that coordinates federal Natural environment, environmental efforts in the United States ...

United States Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and producti ...

United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 United States National Forest, national forests and 20 United States Natio ...

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and superv ...

United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear w ...

United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation ...

Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands, U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than of land, or one ...

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all List ...

United States Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a List of federal agencies in the United States, U.S. federal government agency within the United States Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, ...

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

United States Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on De ...

Alabama

* Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources * Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Alaska

* Alaska Department of Natural Resources * Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Arizona

* Arizona Department of Environmental Quality * Arizona Game and Fish Department

Arkansas

* Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

California

* California Environmental Protection Agency **

California Department of Pesticide Regulation California () is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the s ...

** California Department of Toxic Substances Control ** California Air Resources Board ** California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery * California Natural Resources Agency ** California Department of Conservation ** California Department of Fish and Game **

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as CAL FIRE, is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various area ...

** California Department of Parks and Recreation ** California Department of Water Resources

Colorado

* Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Connecticut

* Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Delaware

* Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

District of Columbia

* Department of Energy and Environment

Florida

Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is the Florida government Government agency, agency responsible for environmental protection. History By the mid-1960s, when the Federal government of the United States, federal governm ...

* 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

* Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Hawaii

* Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources

Idaho

* Idaho Department of Environmental Quality * Idaho Department of Fish and Game * Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation * Idaho Department of Lands

Illinois

* Illinois Department of Natural Resources * Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Indiana

* Indiana Department of Environmental Management * Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Iowa

* Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Kansas

* Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources *

Kansas Department of Health and Environment The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is a state agency in Kansas, responsible for the state's public health system, vital records, vital and medical records, and environmental sustainability. The department is also responsible for admi ...

, Division of Environment *

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

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

* Maryland Department of Natural Resources * Maryland Department of the Environment

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

* Michigan Department of Environmental Quality * Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota

* Minnesota Department of Health * Minnesota Department of Natural Resources * Minnesota Environmental Quality Board * Minnesota Pollution Control Agency * University of Minnesota Extension Service

Mississippi

* Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Missouri

* Missouri Department of Conservation * Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Montana

* Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

Nebraska

* Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Nevada

* Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

New Hampshire

* New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staf ...

** New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry

New Mexico

* New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources * New Mexico Environment Department

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 Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

North Dakota

North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality

Ohio

Ohio Department of Natural Resources The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is the Ohio government agency charged with ensuring "a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all." Functions ODNR regulates Ohio's oil and gas indus ...

* Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Oklahoma

* Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

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

* Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources * Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Rhode Island

* Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management#The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM)

South Carolina

* South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control * South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

South Dakota

* South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Tennessee

* Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation * Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Texas

* Texas Commission on Environmental Quality *

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is a Texas state agency that oversees and protects wildlife and their habitat (ecology), habitats. In addition, the agency is responsible for managing the state park, state's parks and historical ar ...