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Myanmar is highly vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather conditions. According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Myanmar ranks among the top three countries most affected by weather related events, which has led to massive displacement of people and the destruction of livelihoods, crops and other food sources. In...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Myanmar Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) organized a table-top outbreak simulation exercise on zoonotic H7N9 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) among key animal health officers in a live bird market (LBM) in Myanmar. International avian influenza expert Dr...

As part of the implementation of FAO’s "Supporting the Application of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries management considering climate and pollution impacts" Programme ("EAF-Nansen Programme"), the most advanced research vessel in the world, the Dr Fridtjof Nansen has arrived in Myanmar to conduct a survey on fisheries resources and the...

The situation in the northern townships of Rakhine State (NRS) (Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathidaung townships) drastically deteriorated after the attacks on the Border Guard Police (BGP) bases on the 25th of August followed by a major operation launched by the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) to capture those involved. .As a result,...

Myanmar has a relatively large, productive, and ecologically intact coastal zone. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) for Myanmar highlights the fact that the country still hosts an enormously rich and varied biodiversity, Mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds, sandy beaches and intertidal mudflats are widely distributed. Especially, the...