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Fig.B3  Mangrove  cover  changes  over  30  years  in  Myanmar:  1980  to  2015 Fig.B4  Mangrove  cover  change  in  three  main  States  and  Regions  between  1980  and  2015 Two  main  causes;  anthropogenic  and  natural  actions,  have  been  identified  as  cause  of  mangrove  deforestation. Forest  Department  is  trying  to  reforest  mangrove  or  establish  mangrove  forest  plantation  of  997.98  ha  in  Rakhine,  5,789.47  ha  in  Ayeyarwaddy,  and  121.46  ha  in  Tanintharyi  between  1981  and  2015  (Figure  B)  in  the  degraded  areas  but  area  of  mangrove  forest  plantation  are  still  far  below  what  is  needed  to meet  the  lost  and  degraded  mangrove  area  of  405,581.99  ha  (Figure  B4). In  the  context  of  international  cooperation  for  mangrove  and  its  ecosystem  conservation,  the  government  attention  can  be  seen  getting  higher  based  on  some  progress  such  as:  development  of  national  strategy  (NSDPM)  and action  plan  on  mangrove,  forming  a  national  coordinating  body  (NCB)  on  10th  Oct  2014,  membership  of mangroves  for  future  (MFF)  in  2014. In  the  context  of  policy,  Ministry  of  Natural  Resources  and  Environmental  Conservation  (MONREC)  has  the  main  responsibility  to  manage  and  conserve  the  Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the 93 Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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