Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

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]

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Agency overview
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

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, instead of being allowed to roam, they are 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