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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)

Government minister of Russia

Field	Value
name	Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation
nativename_a	Министерство природных ресурсов и экологии Российской Федерации
seal	Министерство природных ресурсов и экологии Российской Федерации (Минприроды России).png
picture	Russian Ministry of Natural Resources building in Moscow.jpg
image_caption	Russian Ministry of Natural Resources Building in Moscow
formed
jurisdiction	Government of Russia
headquarters	4/6 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa, Moscow, Russia 123995
coordinates
minister1_name	Alexander Kozlov
minister1_pfo	Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
child1_agency	Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
child2_agency	Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources
child3_agency	Federal Agency of Water Resources
child4_agency	Federal Agency for Mineral Resources
child5_agency	Federal Agency for Forestry
website

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation () is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for managing natural resources and the environment.

Alexander Kozlov has served as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment since 10 November 2020.

History

The ancestor of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is the State Mining and Geological Service, established by Peter the Great on October 2, 1700. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Natural Resources were created on August 14, 1996. They were combined to form the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment on May 28, 2008.

Activities

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is responsible for the creation and enforcement of policies and regulations dealing with the environment, including conservation, regeneration, forestry and wildlife protection. It is also responsible for the exploration, management and conservation of the country's natural resources, including the management of the water supply, mineral deposit development, and the exploration of the country's territory and continental shelf. Finally, the Ministry also is in charge of regulating industrial and energy safety, and monitors geological and earthquake activities and development of state police and legal regulation in forestry affairs.

Departments

The Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources
Federal Agency for Subsoil Use
Federal Water Resources Agency
Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
Federal Forestry Agency

List of ministers of natural resources and environment

Yuri Trutnev (2004–2012)
Sergey Donskoy (2012–2018)
Dmitry Kobylkin (2018–2020)
Alexander Kozlov (2020–present)

References

"Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation".
"Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation - the Russian Government".
"Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation".
(19 November 2008). "Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology: structure and objectives".
"Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Russian Federation".
[http://eng.kremlin.ru/acts/4105 "Executive Order on functions of Natural Resources Ministry and Economic Development Ministry"] {{webarchive. link. (2014-09-04)

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