Myanmar Country Profile and Context: Working draft 2022

This document provides a general overview of Myanmar including the geographic profile, administrative set up, population, socio-economic situation, climatic condition, and biodiversity. The document also highlights the state of the forest in the country, its policy priorities and strategies, forest products, and trade. The gaps and challenges encountered in forest conservation are also highlighted. Overall, the document intends to provide baseline information to assist in the designing of the cooperation framework under AFoCO and the information contained in this document has been gathered mainly through desk-based research and review of available national statistics, national laws, and policies, technical reports, and other secondary data sources. Should there be significant changes in national forest policy or context, they will be reflected accordingly.