Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand)

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: กระทรวงทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อม; rtgs: Krasuang Sapphayakon Thammachat Lae Sing Waet Lom; Abrv: MNRE) is a cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. The ministry was founded in 2002. It has a wide variety of responsibilities. These include the protection of the nation's natural resources: water, oceans, minerals, and forests. It is also responsible for the protection and restoration of the environment.

Environmental initiatives

In August 2015, the MNRE announced a program to "encourage people to refrain from using plastic bags." The initiative is aimed at promoting the use of cloth bags one day a month beginning on 15 August and on the 15th day of every month thereafter. The campaign will be expanded to two to three days a week instead of once a month if public response is positive. Thailand could lower the use of plastic bags by as many as one million bags a day if everyone used one fewer plastic bag a day.^[2]

Departments

Administration

• Office of the Minister
• Office of the Permanent Secretary

Dependent departments

• Department of Mineral Resources
• Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
  • Phuket Marine Biological Center
• Department of Water Resources
• Department of Groundwater Resources
• Royal Forest Department
• Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
• Office of the Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP)
• Department of Environmental Quality Promotion
• Pollution Control Department

State enterprises

• The Botanical Garden Organization of Thailand
  • Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai
• The Forest Industry Organization
  • The National Elephant Institute
• Watchan Eco-Tourism
• The Thai Plywood Company Limited
• Wastewater Management Authority
• Zoological Park Organization
  • Dusit Zoo
  • Khao Kheow Open Zoo
  • Chiang Mai Zoo
  • Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo
  • Songkhla Zoo

Public organizations

• Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO)
• Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office

See also

• Environmental issues in Thailand
• Deforestation in Thailand
• Cabinet of Thailand
• List of Government Ministers of Thailand
• Government of Thailand

References

External links

• MNRE Website

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