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Introduction/History

THE ENVIRONMENT UNIT

The Environment Unit was established under the Ministry of Development in 1993 to serve as the Secretariat to the National Committee on the Environment and coordinate matters relating to the environment in Brunei Darussalam.

New government department formed

BY consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that His Majesty has consented to the formation of the Environment, Parks and Recreation Department that will be responsible on issues of landscape and maintenance of recreation parks in the country, RTB reported.

The department will be placed under the Ministry of Development as a full department and headed by a director. With this formation, all sections and units in the ministry and concerned departments that provide landscape services will be merged into the new department.

The sections and units involved are the Environment Beautification Section, Technical Services Department, Public Works Department (PWD), Crops Industry Unit, Agriculture Department, Parks and Garden Section, Municipal department, Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait and Seria Flower Garden Section, Seria and Kuala Belait Municipal Department, Flower Park and Recreational Areas, Tutong Municipal Department, Maintenance Section, Brunei-Muara District Department, Maintenance and Services Section, Belait District Department, Accommodations Maintenance Section, Tutong District Department and Recreational Maintenance, Temburong District Department.

The formation of the Environment, Parks and Recreation Department took effect on the 1st May 2002, while the administration changeover of all sections and units involved with the new department was on the 1st July 2002.