Table B3 Protected Areas (PAs) established in Myanmar coast (as at 2015) State/Region PA no. Established Rakhine 0 Ayeyarwaddy 2 Since 1970 Tanintharyi 2 Since 1927 YGN 0 Table B4 Mangrove URPFs to be establishment Established Since 1970 Since 1927 State/Region Proposed / Proposing No. of URPFs/ CF Rakhine Proposed 4 URPFs No. of URPFs/ CF 4 URPFs 4 URPFs 1 CF 0 3 URPFs 0 Proposing 4 URPFs Proposed 1 CF Ayeyarwaddy Both 0 Tanintharyi Proposed 3 URPFs YGN Both 0 Article 42 in Forest Law highlights restriction and punishment, “whoever commits any of following acts shall be punished with a fine 20,000 kyats or imprisonment, or both: a) felling, cutting, girdling, injuring trees in RF b) extracting, moving or keeping timber from RF c) establishing saw mill in environment and biodiversity conservation RFs d) other categories of reserved forest.” Forest policy has been announced in 1994 in consideration with six main categories such as protection, sustainability, basic needs, efficiency, people participation, and public awareness. FD has submitted its policy being amended for the cabinet approval. Environmental policy (1994) is being amended and environmental policy framework (EPF) is being developed under a joint project between UNDP-Myanmar and ECD since 2015 (Environmental Conservation Department, 2015). EPF would include a mission, “committed to leading the integration of environmental perspectives into socio-economic policies, laws, regulations, plans, strategies, programmes and projects across the Republic of the Union of Myanmar”. Community Forest Instruction (CFI) was notified in 1995 (Forest Department, Community Forestry Instruction, 1995). In this regards, MONREC is encouraging community forest (CF) in both degraded RFs and other land. Currently, FD is amending CFI to meets actual needs and overcome its weakness based on 20 years of experience. On the other hand, national land use policy has been developed through coordination of different ministries in January 2016 and forest law is being amended by FD. It includes 13 parts. But, illegal timber and forest production extraction and conversion of forest into other land use are still observed. Simultaneously, development of national strategy (NSDPM) and action plan on mangrove is being processed and a national coordinating body (NCB) on 10th Oct 2014, membership of Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 95 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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