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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.

  •  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
  • Northern Ireland: Minister for the Environment
  •  Scotland: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
  •  United States: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of the Interior
  •  Vietnam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

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    Environment minister Wikipedia
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