Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (Iceland)
The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources () is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 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 and 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 Íslands)
 Environment Agency of Iceland (Umhverfisstofnun)
 Iceland Construction Authority (Mannvirkjastofnun)
 Icelandic Forest Service (Skógrækt ríkisins)
 Iceland GeoSurvey (Íslenskar orkurannsóknir)
 Icelandic Institute of Natural History (Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands)
 Icelandic National Planning Agency (Skipulagsstofnun)
 Icelandic Recycling Fund (Úrvinnslusjóður)
 Institute of Freshwater Fisheries (Veiðimálastofnun)
 Myvatn Research Station (Náttúrurannsóknastöðin við Mývatn)
 National Land Survey of Iceland (Landmælingar Íslands)
 State Soil Conservation Service (Landgræðsla ríkisins)
 Stefansson Arctic Institute (Stofnun Vilhjálms Stefánssonar)
 Vatnajökull National Park (Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður)

See also 
 Environment and Transport Committee

References

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