Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform

The Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform was a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister did not attend the Scottish Cabinet, but supported the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport who continues to attend the cabinet.

The last previous Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform was Màiri McAllan.

Responsibilities
The Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform had specific responsibility for:

Since 2021, the Minister shared responsibility for biodiversity with the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity.
 * land reform & land use
 * Royal Botanic Garden
 * environmental quality
 * natural resources, peatland and flooding
 * Scottish Land Commission
 * Hydro Nation
 * Drinking Water Quality Regulator
 * private water
 * forestry & woodlands
 * Forestry and Land Scotland
 * Scottish Forestry
 * EU Support and related services
 * Forest Research (cross-border services)
 * environmental and climate justice
 * Crown Estate Scotland
 * marine planning
 * national parks and natural heritage
 * plant health
 * GM

List of office holders
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Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment
!colspan="2"|Name ! width=75|Portrait !Entered Office !Left Office !Party !First Minister
 * Mairi Gougeon
 * MairiEvansMSP-May2016.jpg
 * 27 June 2018
 * 21 December 2020
 * Scottish National Party
 * rowspan="2" |Nicola Sturgeon
 * Ben Macpherson
 * BenMacphersonMSP-May2016.jpg
 * 21 December 2020
 * 20 May 2021
 * Scottish National Party
 * colspan="7" |
 * 21 December 2020
 * 20 May 2021
 * Scottish National Party
 * colspan="7" |
 * colspan="7" |

Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform

 * Màiri McAllan
 * [[File:Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform, Mairi McAllan (51189877436).jpg|75px]]
 * 20 May 2021
 * 29 March 2023
 * Scottish National Party
 * Nicola Sturgeon
 * }
 * Nicola Sturgeon
 * }