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forests,  forest  products,  their  ecosystems,  and  finally  environmental  conservation  and  addressing  climate  change.  Forest  Department  (FD)  has  the  mandate  to  manage  and  protect  forests  and  their  ecosystems.  Simultaneously,  Environmental  Conservation  Department  (ECD)  Fig.B5  MONREC  organization  structure Forest  Law  was  enacted  in  1902  and  amended  in  1992  after  90  years  by  the  Ministry  of  Forestry  (MOF);  currently MONREC  for meeting  existing  politics  and  socioeconomic  status.  The  article  4  and  6  of  the  Forest  Law  amended  states  that  the  reserved  forest  is  an  area  to  conserve  the  environmental  factors  and  to  maintain  a  sustained  yield  of  forest  products.  The  Ministry  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Government,  constitute  the  following  categories of  reserved  forest  by  demarcating  land  at  the  disposal  of  the  Government: 1)  commercial  reserved  forest; 2)  local  supply  reserved  forest; has  the mandate  for  coordinating  environmental  affairs  among  stakeholders  and  mainstreaming  environmental  conservation  and  addressing  climate  change  for  those  different  sectors  (Figure  B5). 3)  watershed  or  catchment  protection  reserved  forest; 4)  environment  and  biodiversity  conservation  reserved  forest; 5)  other  categories  of  reserved  forest. State/Region RF no. Established Rakhine 2 Since 1931 Ayeyarwaddy 8 Since 1896 Tanintharyi 11 Since 1920 YGN 3 URPFs Since 2015 Forest  and  forestry  are  defined  as  the  allowed  land  use  and  activities  in  the  reserved  forest  in  Forest  Law.  Any  trespassing,  felling,  burning  and  settlement  in  the  reserved  forest  (RF)  without  permission  of  FD  are  not  allowed,  and  the  person  who  violates  the  act  can  be  punished  in  accordance  with  the  Forest  Law  (Ministry  of  Forestry,  1992). Table  B2  Mangrove  RFs  and  URPFs  establishment  in  Myanmar  coast State/Region RF no. Established Rakhine 2 Since 1931 Ayeyarwaddy 8 Since 1896 Tanintharyi 11 Since 1920 YGN 3 URPFs Since 2015 94 Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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