By Dr QU Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Approximately three-quarters of Myanmar’s population dwells in rural area and relies on forest resources for daily socio-economic subsistence. Rural communities in the Ayeyarwady Delta region on Myanmar’s southwestern coast are no exception.
The Ayeyarwady Delta region has a high concentration of mangrove trees and shrubs growing at the intersection of land...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assessments of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing sectors show that measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have affected people’s way of life in Mandalay, Ayeyarwady, the Yangon Regions, and Chin and Rakhine States.
The assessments...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations provided teaching aids and hardware support to the Forest Department at the Forest Department headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw.
“To make agriculture and forestry more productive and sustainable, a holistic approach with actions to conserve, protect, and enhance natural resources is...
Towards innovative conflict-sensitive and human rights-based approaches to forest monitoring
16 June 2020
16 June 2020
The Governments of Myanmar and Finland on 16 June 2020 launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to local conflicts and protects human rights.
The five-year project will be implemented by FAO Myanmar in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources...
Towards innovative conflict-sensitive and human rights-based approaches to forest monitoring
16 June 2020
16 June 2020
The Governments of Myanmar and Finland on 16 June 2020 launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to local conflicts and protects human rights.
The five-year project will be implemented by FAO Myanmar in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources...