The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources () is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded on 23 February 1990. It was originally called the Ministry for the Environment but was renamed to its current name on 1 September 2012. The Ministry oversees a wide range of matters as they relate to the environment, including nature conservation, wildlife protection, forest protection and revegitation efforts, environmental impact assessment, land use planning, pollution control and environmental health, fire prevention, meteorology, and mapping, including surveying and remote sensing. The current Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources is Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson.
Departments
The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland comprises six departments:
- Department of Climate Action ()
- Department of Environment and Spatial Planning ()
- Department of Finance and Administration ()
- Department of Land and Natural Heritage ()
- Department of the Permanent Secretary ()
- Department of Policy Coordination and International Affairs ()
Agencies
- Icelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa ÃÂslands)
- Environment Agency of Iceland (Umhverfisstofnun)
- Iceland Construction Authority (Mannvirkjastofnun)
- Icelandic Forest Service (Skógrækt rÃÂkisins)
- Iceland GeoSurvey (ÃÂslenskar orkurannsóknir)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History (Náttúrufræðistofnun ÃÂslands)
- Icelandic National Planning Agency (Skipulagsstofnun)
- Icelandic Recycling Fund (ÃÂrvinnslusjóður)
- Institute of Freshwater Fisheries (Veiðimálastofnun)
- Myvatn Research Station (Náttúrurannsóknastöðin við Mývatn)
- National Land Survey of Iceland (Landmælingar ÃÂslands)
- State Soil Conservation Service (Landgræðsla rÃÂkisins)
- Stefansson Arctic Institute (Stofnun Vilhjálms Stefánssonar)
- Vatnajökull National Park (Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður)
See also
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