Council of Ministers > Ministry of Environment

The Ministry of Environment plays an important role in facilitating and carrying out the development of policies, environmental planning, and other legal instruments that are necessary for sustainable development in coordination with inter-ministries, international organisations, non-government organisations, and private and public sectors. Simultaneously, the Ministry of Environment also has the duty to encourage/urge the public participation within the decision making process relevant to environmental issues and natural resource utilisation.

The Ministry of Environment has the following critical functions:

• collecting and collating related data/information about water quality at public water areas as well as pollution sources;
• assessing the status of water environment and natural resources (current status and future trend in), based on existing data/information;
• preparing specific legislation for environmental protection and natural resources management;
• implementing the environmental legal instruments throughout the country, as well as disseminating these instruments to stakeholders;
• issuing a licence or giving permission of treated wastewater discharge to owners or managers of factory that is approved to comply the national effluent water quality standard by the ministry.