Environment minister
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.
The world's first minister of the environment was the Norwegian botanist Olav Gjærevoll from the Labour Party. He was appointed in 1972.
Country-related articles
Albania: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
Australia: Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Austria: Minister for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management
Canada: Minister of the Environment
Republic of China: Minister of Environmental Protection Administration
Czech Republic: Ministry of the Environment
Denmark: Minister of the Environment
Estonia: Minister of the Environment
Ethiopia: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
European Union: Commissioner for the Environment
France: Minister of the Environment
Germany: Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Greece: Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Hong Kong: Secretary for the Environment
Iceland: Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Indonesia: State Minister for the Environment
Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
Italy: Ministry of the Environment
Japan: Minister of the Environment
South Korea: Ministry of Environment
Lithuania: Ministry of Environment
Macedonia: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Malaysia: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Mexico: Secretary of the Environment
Netherlands: Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment
New Zealand: Minister for the Environment
Norway: Minister of the Environment
Pakistan: Minister of Environment
Peru: Ministry of Environment
Philippines: Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Romania: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Serbia: Ministry of the Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
Singapore: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
South Africa: Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Sweden: Minister of the Environment
Thailand: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Ukraine: Environment Ministry
United Kingdom: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
United States: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of the Interior
Vietnam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
See also
- List of ministers of the environment
- All pages beginning with "Minister for the Environment"
- All pages beginning with "Minister of the Environment"
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