List of forestry ministries

A forestry ministry (also called a forestry agency, forestry department, or forest service) is a high, often cabinet-level government ministry charged with forestry. The ministry is often headed by a minister for forestry. Specific duties may relate to forest conservation, management, reforestation, education, forest protection, wildfire management, and related areas.

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Forestry ministries by country

(Where a national forestry agency, forestry department, forest administration or parastatal corporation exists as a high-level agency within a multi-purpose ministry, it has been added to this list within parentheses.)

Country		Office	Head
Albania		Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration	Minister of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
Australia		Department of Agriculture	Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
Azerbaijan		Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources	Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources
Bangladesh		Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Bangladesh Forestry Department)	Minister of Environment and Forestry
Bulgaria		Ministry of Agriculture and Food	Minister of Agriculture and Food
Burma		Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry	Minister of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Cambodia		Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Canada		Natural Resources Canada (Canadian Forest Service)	Minister of Natural Resources
Chile		Ministry of Agriculture (National Forest Corporation)
China		State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China
Colombia		Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
Denmark		Ministry of Environment (Danish Forest and Nature Agency)	Minister of Environment
DRC		Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism	Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
Equatorial Guinea		Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Ethiopia		Ministry of Environmental Protection and Forestry
Finland		Metsähallitus
France		Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Regional Planning (National Forests Office)	Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Regional Planning
Germany		Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection	Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Georgia		Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
India		Ministry of Environment and Forests (Indian Forest Service) (ICFRE)	Minister of Environment and Forests
Indonesia		Ministry of Environment and Forestry	Minister of Environment and Forestry
Ireland		Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Isle of Man		Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture	Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture
Israel		Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Italy		Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
Japan		Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Kenya		Kenya Forest Service
Laos		Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos
Lithuania		Ministry of Environment	Minister of Environment of Lithuania
Macedonia		Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy
Malaysia		Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Mexico		Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (National Forestry Commission)	Secretary of the Environment
Netherlands		Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment	Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment
Nicaragua		Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources
New Zealand		Ministry for Primary Industries Department of Conservation
Nigeria		Federal Ministry of Agriculture
Norway		Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Statskog)	Minister of Agriculture and Food
Pakistan		Ministry of Environment	Minister of Environment
Papua New Guinea		Papua New Guinea Forestry Authority	Ministry for Forestry
Peru		Ministry of Environment	Minister of Environment
Philippines		Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Forest Management Bureau)	Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Poland		Ministry of Environment	Minister of Environment
Portugal		Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development
Romania		Ministry of Environment and Forests	Minister of Environment and Forests
Russia		Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Federal Forestry Agency)	Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
South Africa		Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
South Korea		Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Korea Forest Service)
South Sudan		Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Spain		Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment	Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environment
Sweden		Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications	Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Sri Lanka		Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Department of Forest Conservation)
Taiwan		Council of Agriculture (Forestry Bureau)
Tanzania		Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism	Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
Thailand		Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Royal Forest Department)	Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Turkey		Ministry of Forest and Water Management	Minister of Forest and Water Management
United Kingdom	Nationwide	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Forestry Commission)	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Northern Ireland	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
	Scotland	Enterprise, Environment and Digital Directorates	Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
United States	Nationwide	United States Department of Agriculture (United States Forest Service)	United States Secretary of Agriculture
United States	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources	Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico
Venezuela		Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
Vietnam		Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam Administration of Forestry)	Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

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Forestry

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Types	Agroforestry (dehesa) Analog forestry Bamboo forestry Close to nature forestry Community forestry Ecoforestry Energy forestry Mycoforestry Permaforestry Plantation forestry Social forestry Sustainable forestry Urban forestry World forestry

Ecology and management	Afforestation Arboriculture Controlled burn Dendrology Ecological thinning Even-aged management Fire ecology Forest informatics IPM inventory governance law old-growth pathology protection restoration secondary transition Forest certification ATFS CFS FSC PEFC SFI SmartWood Woodland Carbon Code Growth and yield modelling Horticulture (GM trees) i-Tree Reforestation (urban) Silviculture Sustainable management Tree allometry breeding Tree measurement crown girth height volume

Environmental topics	Acid rain Carbon sequestration Clearcutting Deforestation Ecological services Forest dieback Forest fragmentation High grading Illegal logging Invasive species REDD Shifting cultivation chitemene slash-and-burn slash-and-char svedjebruk Timber recycling Wildfire Wilding

Industries	Coppicing Forest farming Forest gardening Logging Manufacturing lumber plywood pulp and paper sawmilling Products biochar biomass charcoal non-timber palm oil rayon rubber tanbark Rail transport Tree farms (Christmas trees) Wood engineered fuel mahogany teak Woodworking

Occupations	Forester Arborist Bucker Choker setter Ecologist Feller Firefighter handcrew hotshot lookout smokejumper River driver Truck driver Log scaler Lumberjack (urban) Ranger Resin tapper Rubber tapper Shingle weaver Timber cruiser Tree planter Wood process engineer

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Africa	Angola Central African Republic Chad Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Uganda

Americas	Argentina Chile

Asia	Bangladesh Bhutan India Japan Pakistan Syria

Europe	Estonia Finland Russia United Kingdom

Oceania	Australia (Tasmania) New Zealand

Central agencies	Canada Chile Denmark Kenya Mexico Papua New Guinea Romania South Korea Sri Lanka United States

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List of forestry ministries

Forestry ministries by country

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