Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
| သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 30 March 2016 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Myanmar |
| Headquarters | Naypyidaw |
| Agency executive |
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| 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
- ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း (ကြေညာချက် အမှတ်၊ ၉ / ၂၀၁၆)" (in Burmese). Myanmar President Office. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b Hirschi, Eva (2019-01-19). "Improving life for Yangon's white elephants". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
