Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

{{Short description|Government ministry of Myanmar}}

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| name = Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

| native_name = {{lang|my|သယံဇာတနှင့်သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန}}

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| logo = Logo of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (Myanmar).png

| formed = {{Start date|2016|3|30|df=yes}}

| preceding1 = Ministry of Mines

| preceding2 = Ministry of Environmental Conservation

| jurisdiction = Government of Myanmar

| headquarters = Naypyidaw

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| chief1_name = Khin Maung Yee

| chief1_position =Union Minister

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| website ={{URL|http://www.monrec.gov.mm/}}

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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation ({{Langx|my|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.president-office.gov.mm/?q=briefing-room/announcements/2016/05/25/id-10325|title=ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်းခြင်း (ကြေညာချက် အမှတ်၊ ၉ / ၂၀၁၆)|language=my|publisher=Myanmar President Office|date=25 May 2016|accessdate=18 March 2017}}

{{As of|2023}}, Myanmar possesses ten captive white elephants, which are in the custody of the Ministry's Forest Department.{{Cite web |last=Hirschi |first=Eva |date=2019-01-19 |title=Improving life for Yangon’s white elephants |url=https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/improving-life-for-yangons-white-elephants/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Frontier Myanmar |language=en-US}} They are kept in inhumane conditions, shackled for 22 hours a day and housed in small open-air pavilions.