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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...

FAO is implementing the project entitled “Sustainable cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystem of Myanmar” in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MoALI). The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and will run...