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
Formed	1948
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Forestry and Forests;
Dissolved	March 2016, 30
Superseding agency	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation;
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Naypyidaw; 19.8210144°N 96.1316358°E
Minister responsible	Khin Maung Yee;
Deputy Minister responsible	Incumbent;
Child agencies	Minister’s Office; Planning and Statistics Department; Forest Department; Dry Zone Greening Department; Myanma Timber Enterprise; Survey Department; Environmental Conservation Department;
Website	www.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.

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

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