Formed 2002 Website www.mnre.go.th | ||
Annual budget 20,603,257,100 Baht (2008) Minister responsible General Surasak Karnjanarat, Minister of MNRE | ||
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.
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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.