Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
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| Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 6 June 1986 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn |
| Employees | 814 |
| Minister responsible | Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Environmental Minister |
| Child agencies | Federal Environmental Agency (Germany) Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Germany) Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Germany) |
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| http://www.bmu.de | |
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, known by the initials BMU from the German name, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, is a ministry of the German federal government. Its headquarters are in Bonn, with a branch in Berlin. The current minister of the environment is Sigmar Gabriel, who assumed office on November 22, 2005.
The ministry was established on June 6, 1986 in response to the Chernobyl disaster and formed from departments of the Ministries of the Interior, of Agriculture and of Health.
[edit] Organization
The minister is supported by two parliamentary state secretaries and one state secretary who manages the ministry's six departments:
- "ZG" department (Abteilung ZG) is the central office responsible for policy, Europe and international collaboration
- "KI" department (Abteilung KI): climate, renewable energy and international cooperation
- "WA" department (Abteilung WA): water management, waste management, soil conservation and contamination
- "IG" department (Abteilung IG): air pollution, health impacts, environment and traffic, hazardous locations and materials
- "N" department (Abteilung N): conservation und species richness, genetic engineering, environmental impacts of agriculture and forestry
- "RS" department (Abteilung RS): radiation protection, nuclear safety, nuclear supply and radioactive waste
