Environment and Resource Management

About us

DERM conserves and manages the natural environment for the benefit of all Queenslanders. It aims aim to deliver long-term sustainability for the state’s natural environment by promoting sustainable living and resource use, and by strengthening the state’s response to climate change.

Annual report

General information about the department, including its activity, performance and financial statements are available in our annual reports.

Director-General

The Director-General for the Department of Environment and Resource Management is Jim Reeves.

Employment

Information on applying for a job at the department, including benefits and conditions, graduate program, volunteers, work experience and cadetships.

This information is available in the employment section of our web site.

Governance and strategic management

DERM maintains a Board of Management (BoM) and an Executive Management Group (EMG) to oversight the department's strategic and operational management and governance.

The BoM is chartered with focusing on strategic issues, performance management and corporate governance, while the EMG focus is on policy development and reporting.

Read more about governance and strategic management in DERM.

Legislation

The department administers a range of Acts, regulations and notices related to the environment and resource management.

Details are available in the legislation section of our web site.

Locations and contacts

Information on how to contact us and the locations of our business centres are available on our web site.

Ministers

The Department of Environment and Resource Management is responsible to the following ministers:

Organisational structure

The department's organisation is structured around six main business groups:

View the departmental structure.

Statutory and other bodies

Information about statutory and other bodies associated with the department is available on the web site.

What we do

The Department of Environment and Resource Management conserves and manages the state's natural environment for the benefit of all Queenslanders.

Read more about what we do.

Last updated 26 August 2011

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