Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources

Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Agency overview
FormedNovember 30, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11-30)
JurisdictionMexico
HeadquartersAv. Ejército Nacional Mexicano 223, Anáhuac I Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11320 Mexico City
Annual budgetIncrease $70,245,482,469 MXN (2023)[1]
Agency executive
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The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish: Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT) is Mexico's environment ministry. Its head, the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is appointed by the President of Mexico. In September 2020, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed María Luisa Albores González as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, the third person to occupy the post since López Obrador became President less than two years earlier in December 2018.

The Secretariat is charged with the mission of protecting, restoring, and conserving the ecosystems, natural resources, assets and environmental services of Mexico with the goal of fostering sustainable development.

  1. ^ "PRESUPUESTO DE EGRESOS DE LA FEDERACIÓN PARA EL EJERCICIO FISCAL 2024" (PDF). Secretariat of Parliamentary Services. Retrieved 2024-06-29.