Table B1 Governance tools in environment and forest management Categories Components Sources International policy National policy -Environmental Policy -Forest Policy -Land use policy -Agriculture policy -Fishery policy -Tourism policy -Transportation policy Sectoral laws including Forest Law, Environmental Conservation Law, and Disaster Risk Management Law III. RESULTS Mangroves are growing well in 9 out of 17 Townships (TSPs) along Rakhine coast line of (RCZ). Its cover area in Rakhine State in 1995-1996 of 152,111.8 ha or 9.28% of total forest area of 1,639,378.25 ha (Figure B1). In Ayeyarwaddy Region, mangrove grows in 7 out of 26 Townships. It is surveyed as of 81,851.75 ha or 19.22% of total forest of 425,832.75 ha (Figure B2). Altogether 21 IPCC, UNFCCC, IUCN ECD, FD of MOECAF, DOA of MOAI, DOF of MOLFRD, MOT, MOE (official documents and their websites) ECD, FD of MOECAF, DOA of MOAI, DOF of MOLFRD, MOT, MOE, DRR of MOSWRR, GAD of MOHA (official documents and their websites) Forest Department reserved forests (RFs) and unreserved forests (URFs) covering mangrove of 253,118.3 ha, 8 RFs in Ayeyarwaddy Region, one RF and one URF in Rakhine State, and 11 RFs in Tanintharyi Region are observed in 2013 (Forest Department, Mangrove brief report, 2015) (Table B2). Four Protected Areas or wildlife sanctuaries, 2 in Ayeyarwaddy Region and 2 in Tanintharyi, have also been established (Table B3). Furthermore, 10,421 ha of URPFs and CF are being processed for approval by cabinet (Table B4). Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 91 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand Policy Law Regulations and instruction Regulations and instructions released by local governments and departmental Departments and local governments Plan Forest Management Plan for every ten years since 1995
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