Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (Iceland)

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The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (Icelandic: Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneytið) 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,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 (Skrifstofa loftslagsmála)
Department of Environment and Spatial Planning (Skrifstofa umhverfis og skipulags)
Department of Finance and Administration (Skrifstofa fjármála og rekstrar)
Department of Land and Natural Heritage (Skrifstofa landgæða)
Department of the Permanent Secretary (Skrifstofa ráðuneytisstjóra)
Department of Policy Coordination and International Affairs (Skrifstofa alþjóðamála og samþættingar)

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Headquarters: Skuggasund 1, 105 Reykjavik Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Agencies	Icelandic Meteorological Office Environment Agency of Iceland Iceland Construction Authority Iceland Forest Service Iceland GeoSurvey Icelandic Institute of Natural History Icelandic National Planning Agency Icelandic Recycling Fund Institute of Freshwater Fisheries Myvatn Research Station National Land Survey of Iceland State Soil Conservation Service Stefansson Arctic Institute Vatnajökull National

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Defunct: Statistics Iceland