Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)

Department of Environment and Conservation

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Agency overview
Formed	1 July 2006
Preceding agencies	Department of Conservation and Land Management Department of Environment
Dissolved	30 June 2013
Superseding agency	Department of Parks and Wildlife and Department of Environment Regulation (DER)
Jurisdiction	Government of Western Australia
Agency executives	Keiran McNamara, Director general Jim Sharp, Acting director general
Parent agency	Department of Conservation and Land Management
Child agency	Department of Parks and Wildlife
Website	www.dec.wa.gov.au

The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) was a department of the Government of Western Australia that was responsible for implementing the state's conservation and environment legislation and regulations. It was formed on 1 July 2006 by the amalgamation of the Department of Environment and the Department of Conservation and Land Management.

The DEC was separated on 30 June 2013 forming the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) and the Department of Environment Regulation (DER), which both commenced operations on 1 July 2013.

On 1 July 2017 the DER amalgamated with the Department of Water and the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority, to become the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation,^[1][2] while DPaW was merged with other agencies to form the Department of Parks and Wildlife.^[3]