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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.[1] The current Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources is Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson.[2]
- ^ "Um ráðuneytið". Government of Iceland (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources". Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 February 2018.