Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (Myanmar)

Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးနှင့် သစ်တောရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Agency overview
Formed1948 (1948)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Agriculture
  • Ministry of Forestry and Forests
DissolvedMarch 2016, 30 (30-03-2016)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Myanmar
HeadquartersNaypyidaw
19°49′16″N 96°07′54″E / 19.8210144°N 96.1316358°E / 19.8210144; 96.1316358
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • Minister’s Office
  • Planning and Statistics Department
  • Forest Department
  • Dry Zone Greening Department
  • Myanma Timber Enterprise
  • Survey Department
  • Environmental Conservation Department
Websitewww.moecaf.gov.mm

The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (Burmese: ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးနှင့် သစ်တောရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန) is a ministry in the government of Myanmar responsible for the country's forestry and logging sectors. From 1948 to 5 March 1992, the Ministry was joined with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation as the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.[1]

The Ministry was organized as Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation by combination of Ministry of Mines.

  1. ^ "Forest Profile". Ministry of Forestry. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)