Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Agency overview
Formed	30 March 2016
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Mines; Ministry of Environmental Conservation;
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Naypyidaw
Agency executive	Khin Maung Yee, Union Minister;
Website	www.monrec.gov.mm

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (Burmese: သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန; MONREC) is a Myanmar government ministry, founded by the merger of the Ministry of Mines and the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry by then-president Htin Kyaw in 2016.^[1]

As of 2023^[update], Myanmar possesses ten captive white elephants, which are in the custody of the Ministry's Forest Department.^[2] They are kept in inhumane conditions, shackled for 22 hours a day and housed in small open-air pavilions.^[2]

Departments

Union Minister Office
Forest Department
Dry Zone Greening Department
Environmental Conservation Department
Survey Department
Myanma Timber Enterprise
University of Forestry and Environmental Science
Department of Mines
Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration
No. 1 Mining Enterprise
No. 2 Mining Enterprise
Myanma Gems Enterprise
Myanma Pearl Enterprise

References

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Agency overview
သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန

Formed	30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Mines Ministry of Environmental Conservation
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Naypyidaw
Agency executive	Khin Maung Yee, Union Minister
Website	www.monrec.gov.mm