Department of the Environment

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Department of the Environment or Department for the Environment may refer to:

In Australia:

• Department of the Environment and Water Resources (formerly: Department of the Environment and Heritage)
• Department of Environment and Climate Change (New South Wales)
• Department for Environment and Heritage (South Australia)
• Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)

In Canada:

• Department of the Environment Act (Canada)
• Environment Canada
• Minister of the Environment (Canada)
• Department of Environment (New Brunswick)
  • the former Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)

In Hong Kong:

• Environmental Protection Department

In the Philippines:

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)

In the Republic of Ireland:

• Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

In Switzerland:

• Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

In the United Kingdom:

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and its predecessors:

• Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) under the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997 - 2001)
• Department of the Environment (DoE) under the Secretary of State for the Environment (1970 - 1997)

• Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)
• Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
• Department of Environment Index

In the United States:

• Department of Environmental Protection
• United States Environmental Protection Agency

[edit] See also

• Ministry of the Environment
• List of environmental organizations: Government Organizations
• List of ministers of the environment