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  • Myanmar community forest assessment report_recoftc_2022

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) RECOFTC and National University of Singapore – NUS. 2022 Community forest, Environmental impact assessments, Forests and forestry
    Establishment of Community Forestry (CF) was started in the Ayeyarwaddy delta where mangroves mainly occur in Myanmar right after Community Forestry Instructions (CFIs) was issu...

  • Sustainable Forest Management in Myanmar

    en Myanmar Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Thaung Naing Oo 2019 Environment and natural resources, Forest classifications, Forest cover, Forests and forestry
    This power point presentation was presented at the Regional Workshop on “Enhancing Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable Wood Supply ...

  • Scoping Paper: Options for Analysing Mangrove Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Myanmar.

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) UN-REDD Programme 2022 Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Forests and forestry, Paper and pulp
    This report draws on past and ongoing research and initiatives to identify important benefits provided by mangroves within Myanmar, as well as data needs and limitations to incl...

  • Myanmar Country Profile and Context: Working draft 2022

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) 2022 Climate change, Economic policy and administration, Forests and forestry, Government, Land, Laws and regulations
    This document provides a general overview of Myanmar including the geographic profile, administrative set up, population, socio-economic situation, climatic condition, and biodi...

  • The Mangroves of Myanmar

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Christoph Zöckler and Cherry Aung 2019 Deforestation drivers, Ecosystems, Forests and forestry
    This journal report underlines the significant and ongoing decline of mangrove coverage, the importance to protect these ecosystems, and their roles for critically endangered sp...

  • Forests and forestry in Myanmar: an overview of forestry laws, policies, and strategies

    en Myanmar Archived web content Kay Khine, Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) 2021 Deforestation drivers, Forest classifications, Forest policy and administration, Forests and forestry
    Myanmar possesses great variation in topography and climatic conditions, and six major forest types can be found in the country, ranging from mangrove forests in the coastal reg...

  • Myanmar's changing mangroves Implications for nature, people and climate

    en Myanmar Archived web content UN-REDD, Megan Critchley and Thinn Thitsar Kyaw 2023 Community forest, Forest cover reporting, Forest protection, Forests and forestry
    Myanmar is home to globally significant mangrove forests, which support numerous endangered species, and are vital to local economies and society. However, these forests are un...

  • Mangrove status, its ecosystem, and climate change in Myanmar: A study in Ayeyarwaddy Delta Coastal Zone

    en Myanmar Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations San Win, Sirintornthep Towprayoon and Amnat Chidthisong 2020 Climate change, Forests and forestry
    Myanmar is a country belonging mangrove and its ecosystem, a unique vegetative species with a high ecosystem services: much higher carbon sequestration than terrestrial forests ...

  • Threatened ecosystems of Myanmar:

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Wildlife Conservation Society, Nicholas J. Murray, David A. Keith,... 2020 Ecosystems, Environmental impact assessments, Forests and forestry
    Myanmar's Red List of Ecosystems is a tool to understand our threats and plan for conservation and sustainable management. Forests constitute the dominant ecosystems in Myanmar,...

  • Over 380,000 acres of mangrove forests conserved in Rakhine State

    en Myanmar Archived web content Global New Light Of Myanmar 2021 Forest cover, Forests and forestry
    There are 381,036 acres of mangrove forest in Rakhine State, and six protected areas that cover 87,219 acres are state-owned.

  • Forestry in Myanmar 2020

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) The Forest Department and Ministry of Natural Resources and... 2020 Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Forests and forestry
    The Forest Department released 2020 report, consists various contents with up-to-date information about institutional structure, forest resources base, rules and law and etc.

  • Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: how are the world's forests changing? [2016]

    en Global Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs FAO 2016 Forest cover reporting, Forests and forestry
    Sustainably managed forests provide essential goods and services and thus play a vital part in sustainable development. Reliable and up-to-date information on the state of for...

  • Rooting out inequalities: Women’s participation in forest management in conflict-affected areas of Karen state in Myanmar

    en my Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Jana Naujoks, Myat Thandar Ko, Nant Mu Say Khaleim, Saw Eh Htoo &... 2020 Forests and forestry, Women in development
    Forests are a critical resource for people in Myanmar, in particular for ethnic minorities such as the Karen people. Neglecting forest management in conflict-affected areas can ...

  • Growing up together with the forest: the unique relationship between the forest and indigenous Karen people of Kamoethway

    my Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) TRIPNET 2018 Forests and forestry

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  • Organised-chaos-the-illicit-overland-timber-trade-between-myanmar-and-china

    en Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) 2015 Environment and natural resources, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Forests and forestry, Logging and timber, Protected forests, Trade

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  • Myanmar Forest Reference Emissions Level (revised)

    en Myanmar other November 30, 2018 Forests and forestry
    Following the suggestion of Decision 12/CP.17, Myanmar prepared its FRL using a stepwise approach. Myanmar submitted its initial FREL report on January 2018 and current submissi...

  • Commercial agriculture expansion in Myanmar: Links to deforestation, conversion timber, and land conflicts

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Kevin Woods 2015 Agriculture, Concessions, Forest policy and administration, Forests and forestry, Legal framework
    This report collates quantitative and qualitative data on the expansion of agribusiness in Myanmar’s forests and analyzes the role that laws and policies, and revenues generated...

  • Forest Law 2018

    en my Myanmar 1380 M.E. Law September 20, 2018 Forest policy and administration, Forests and forestry
    Forest Law 2018 as amended, repeals the 1992 Forest Law.

  • Legally and Illegally Logged Out: The Status of Myanmar's Timber Sector and Options for Reform

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Thorsten Treue, University of Copenhagen, Oliver... 2016 Forests and forestry
    Myanmar has been endowed with extensive areas of some of the most valuable timber bearing forests in the world. But in Myanmar’s recent history they have been more of a curse ...

  • Land and Forest Governance in the Naga Village Republic

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Jack Jenkins Hill, Julia Fogerite, Athong Makury, LCG, RRtIP 2018 Agriculture, Agriculture and fishing, Communal land, Forests and forestry, Land, Land policy and administration
    This report is based on a research project on the Naga customary land tenure system, conducted by Resource Rights for The Indigenous Peoples (RRtIP) in collaboration with Land C...