Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam Sekitar
Portfolio
The ministry sets national policy on environmental protection, land and mineral administration, forestry, wildlife conservation, and geospatial surveying. It also regulates the water supply, sewerage, and energy sectors, including the transition to renewable energy and the management of climate change commitments. Meteorological services, biosafety regulation, and Antarctic research fall within its portfolio as well.
Minister
AJYB
Arthur Joseph Kurup
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
PBRS
In office since: 16 Dec 2025
Deputy Ministers
Agencies & Departments
Departments
- Department of Biosafety(Jabatan Biokeselamatan)
- Department of Forestry of Peninsular Malaysia(Jabatan Perhutanan Semenanjung Malaysia)
- Department of Mineral and Geoscience(Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains)
- Department of the Director General of Land and Mines(Jabatan Ketua Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Persekutuan)
- Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia(Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara)
- Malaysian Mapping and Survey Department(Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia)
- Malaysian Meteorological Department(Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia)
- Department of Environment(Jabatan Alam Sekitar)
Statutory Bodies
- Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia(Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia)
- Malaysia Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation(Pusat Perubahan Iklim dan Teknologi Hijau Malaysia)
- National Land and Survey Institute(Institut Tanah dan Ukur Negara)
- Yayasan Hijau(Yayasan Hijau Malaysia)
- Board of Geologists Malaysia(Lembaga Ahli Geologi Malaysia)
- Sultan Mizan Foundation for Antarctic Research(Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan)
- Tin Industry (Research and Development) Board(Lembaga (Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan) Perusahaan Timah)
- Land Surveyors Board(Lembaga Jurukur Tanah Malaysia)
- Board of Surveyors Malaysia(Bahagian Bekalan Air)