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Fisheries and aquaculture sector in Myanmar is critically important to the country’s food and nutrition security and economy. At the same time, the country is vulnerable to extreme climate events, which have caused significant loss of lives, damage to infrastructure and also had important impact in the livelihoods of fishing...

A platform for action “World Environment Day” which falls on 5th of June every year is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely...

Wildfire refers to unwanted fires that have gone out of control, consuming vegetation in rural landscapes. Wildfires are a serious problem in Myanmar with local and wide reaching regional impacts. According to FAO analysis on NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, Myanmar has the highest burn rate in Southeast...

Forest restoration and reforestation (FRR) in Asia is one of its major regional goals. According to FAO from 2000 to 2015, in Southeast Asia, the forest area has decreased to about 32 million ha, reflecting an annual decline of about 0.35% in their total forest cover of 924 million ha....

The government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) are cooperating to implement the project “Evidence-based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain.” This project is funded...