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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Agency overview
Formed30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of Myanmar
HeadquartersNaypyidaw
Agency executive
  • Khin Maung Yee, Union Minister
Websitewww.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, 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]

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References

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  1. ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း (ကြေညာချက် အမှတ်၊ ၉ / ၂၀၁၆)" (in Burmese). Myanmar President Office. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Hirschi, Eva (2019-01-19). "Improving life for Yangon's white elephants". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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