Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Indonesia)

Republic of Indonesia
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan
Ministry overview
Formed 27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Environment
  • Ministry of Forestry
Jurisdiction Government of Indonesia
Headquarters Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Block I 2nd Floor
Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto
Jakarta Pusat 10270
Jakarta, Indonesia
Minister responsible
  • Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry
Website www.menlhk.go.id

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Indonesian: Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan) is the cabinet-level, government ministry in the Republic of Indonesia responsible for managing and conserving that nation's forests. The current Minister of Environment and Forestry is Siti Nurbaya Bakar.

History

Since late 2014, the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Forestry was merged into Ministry of Environment and Forestry. However, Environment and Forestry management has been an official government concern since Presidential Decree No. 16 1972 established the Committee Perumus and Work Plan to the Government in the Field of Environment following the 1972 World Environment Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.[1][2]

Environment

  1. State Minister Office of Development Monitoring and Environment (1978-1983)
  2. State Minister Office of Demography and Environment (1983-1993)
  3. State Minister Office of Environment (1993-2004)
  4. Department of Environment (2004-2010)
  5. Ministry of Environment (2010-2014)

Forestry

  1. General Directorate of Forestry, Department of Agriculture (-1983)
  2. Department of Forestry (1983-1998)
  3. Department of Forestry and Plantation (1998)
  4. Department of Forestry (1998-2010)
  5. Ministry of Forestry (2010-2014)

List of Ministers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profil" (in Indonesian). Kementerian Kehutanan. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sejarah". Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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