Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

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Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources (Mexico)
Actor
Country:
Mexico
Type Government
Level National
Active Yes
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
SEMARNAT
Summary
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales; SEMARNAT) is a Federal Government agency. Its main purpose is to protect, restore and
conserve Mexico’s ecosystems and natural resources, and environmental goods and services, in
order to promote their sustainable use.
SEMARNAT is the key implementing agency for REDD+ in Mexico and also presides the
Interministerial Climate Change Commission (Comisión Intersecretarial de Cambio Climático, CICC).
SEMARNAT contains the National Forestry Commission (Comisión Nacional Forestal, CONAFOR),
the focal point of REDD+ initiatives in Mexico, as well as the Under Secretary’s Office of
Environmental Planning and Policy (Subsecretaría de Planeación y Política Ambiental) which is also
instrumental in the development of REDD+.
As well as the above, SEMARNAT also contains the Undersecretary of Public Works and
Environmental Regulation (Subsecretaría de Fomento y Normatividad Ambiental); the
Undersecretary of Management for Environmental Protection (Subsecretaría de Gestión para la
Protección Ambiental); the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Comisión Nacional de
Áreas Naturales Protegidas); the National Water Commission (Comisión Nacional del Agua); the
Mexican Institute of Water Technology (Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua); National
Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climatico); the
Federal Attorney of Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente);
and the National Commission for the Use and Knowledge of Biodiversity (Comisión Nacional para el
Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad).
Contact details
Name C. Secretario Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
Email [email protected]
Phone number +52 (55) 56280600
Position Minister
Physical Address
Blvd. Adolfo Ruíz Cortínes # 4209 Col. Jardínes en la Montaña, México D.F. C.P 14210, MEXICO
Phone number +52 (55) 56280600
Website:
http://www.semarnat.gob.mx
Related Actors
Actor:
National Forestry Commission (Mexico)
Relationship type:
Parent
Actor:
National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity
Relationship type:
Parent
Actor:
National Commission for Protected Areas (Mexico)
Relationship type:
Parent
Actor:
Environmental Protection Agency (Mexico)
Relationship type:
Parent
Actor:
National Institute of Ecology (Mexico)
Relationship type:
Parent
Source URL:
http://theredddesk.org/countries/actors/ministry-environment-and-natural-resources-mexico