သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
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 |
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]
သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 30 March 2016 |
Preceding agencies | |
Jurisdiction | Government of Myanmar |
Headquarters | Naypyidaw |
Agency executive |
|
Website |
www |
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]