The Ministry of Environment and Forestry ( id, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan) is the cabinet-level, government ministry in the

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responsible for managing and conserving that nation's

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s. The current Minister of Environment and Forestry is Siti Nurbaya Bakar.

History

Since late 2014, the

Ministry of Environment An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the 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 of 1972 established the Committee of Formulation and Work Plan to the Government in the Field of Environment following the

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Environment

# State Minister Office of Development Monitoring and Environment (1978-1983) # State Minister Office of Demography and Environment (1983-1993) # State Minister Office of Environment (1993-2004) # Department of Environment (2004-2010) # Ministry of Environment (2010-2014)

Forestry

# General Directorate of Forestry, Department of Agriculture (-1983) # Department of Forestry (1983-1998) # Department of Forestry and Plantation (1998) # Department of Forestry (1998-2010) # Ministry of Forestry (2010-2014)

List of Ministers

* Minister of Environment and Forestry ** Siti Nurbaya Bakar (27 October 2014-) * Minister of Forestry ** Soedjarwo (27 July 1964 – 25 July 1966 and 19 March 1983 – 11 March 1988) **

Hasjrul Harahap Hasjrul Harahap (November 18, 1931 – February 7, 2014) was an Indonesian politician and government official. Harahap served as the Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia), Minister of Forestry from 1988 to 1993 under former President of Indonesia, Pres ...

(21 March 1988 – 11 March 1993)

References

External links

* Environment and Forestry

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...