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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis: Forest Resources Sector Report

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-14T20:06:46Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-14T20:06:46Z
dc.date.issued 2019-06-01
dc.description.abstract Myanmar's forest and timber sector has been central to the country's economy and society, particularly over the last century. Myanmar's forests contain some of the most valued species in the world—particularly rosewood, ironwood, and teak. Myanmar also has one of the most longstanding forest management systems in the tropics. Today, despite reduced timber extraction revenues, wood industry still generates over 8 percent of formal government revenues. Beyond timber, rural society largely depends on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and agroforestry for food, medicine, and wood fuel, which is by far the most important energy source in rural Myanmar, with between 60 percent and 80 percent of communities relying on this source. Some of Myanmar's forests also form some of the world's most critically important biodiversity 'hotspots'. Despite all of the progress made, there is still a lot of room for improvement and for higher ambition. The report analyzes the underlying challenges, builds on international best practice, and makes recommendations. Some of the recommendations include : create delivery mechanisms to scale up CF within the PFE, despite high degradation of production forests, sustainable forest management is still viable in some areas but needs a critical stock-taking effort, promote enabling environment for private plantations, increase protected forests area to 10 percent of total land area, and to implement the challenging reform process, the FD will need additional skills, budget, technology support, and civil society support. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/907811560180123305/Myanmar-Country-Environmental-Analysis-Sustainability-Peace-and-Prosperity-Forests-Fisheries-and-Environmental-Management-Forest-Resources-Sector-Report
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31891
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject FORESTRY
dc.subject WATERSHED PROTECTION
dc.subject MANGROVES
dc.subject COASTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject FOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subject FOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subject TIMBER STOCK
dc.subject COMMUNITY FORESTRY
dc.title Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis en
dc.title.subtitle Forest Resources Sector Report en
dc.type Report en
dc.type Rapport fr
dc.type Informe es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crossref.title Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis
okr.date.disclosure 2019-06-10
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Country Environmental Analysis
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/907811560180123305/Myanmar-Country-Environmental-Analysis-Sustainability-Peace-and-Prosperity-Forests-Fisheries-and-Environmental-Management-Forest-Resources-Sector-Report
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/31891
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b086d80cc9_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 31143823
okr.identifier.report 137627
okr.imported true en
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/907811560180123305/pdf/Myanmar-Country-Environmental-Analysis-Sustainability-Peace-and-Prosperity-Forests-Fisheries-and-Environmental-Management-Forest-Resources-Sector-Report.pdf en
okr.region.administrative East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country Myanmar
okr.topic Agriculture :: Forestry Management
okr.topic Environment :: Coastal and Marine Environment
okr.topic Environment :: Environmental Protection
okr.topic Environment :: Forests and Forestry
okr.topic Environment :: Sustainable Land Management
okr.unit ENR GP EAP2 (GENE2)
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