Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan
Ministry overview
Formed	27 October 2014
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 of 1972 established the Committee of Formulation and Work Plan to the Government in the Field of Environment following the 1972 World Environment Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.^[1]^[2]

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 - 20 October 2024)
Minister of Forestry
- Soedjarwo (27 July 1964 – 25 July 1966 and 19 March 1983 – 11 March 1988)
- Hasjrul Harahap (21 March 1988 – 11 March 1993)
- Raja Juli Antoni (21 October 2024 – present)

References

^ "Profil" (in Indonesian). Kementerian Kehutanan. 4 July 2007. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Sejarah". Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

External links

Official website

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[Prokemhut-1] "Profil" (in Indonesian). Kementerian Kehutanan. 4 July 2007. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[SejKLH-2] "Sejarah". Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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