The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Abrv: MNRE; Thai: กระทรวงทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อม, RTGS: Krasuang Sapphayakon Thammachat Lae Sing Waetlom) is a cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand.
Its responsibilities include the protection of the nation's natural resources: water, oceans, minerals, and forests.
It vision is "to return the natural environment to the Thai people and to work towards the incorporation of natural resources and the environment in the Government's national agenda as these provide the basis for social and economic development.
[11] Their work is hazardous: as of August 2018[update] ten forest rangers were killed in the line of duty over the previous 12-month period.
Imports of electronic and plastic waste resulting in massive piles of scrap were turning the country into the "world's garbage bin".