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Myanmar Country Forest Note

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-14T16:13:32Z
dc.date.available2020-07-14T16:13:32Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractMyanmar’s rich tropical forests have historically sustained a sizeable timber industry serving domestic and international markets. Rates of timber extraction rose significantly after 1990, peaking between 2010 and 2015, when controls over forests were weak. Much of the remaining forest estate in government reserves, including areas transferred for community forestry, is now degraded or encroached, and illicit timber harvesting continues, despite a ban on unprocessed log exports and other recent control measures. Ongoing sector reforms and strong government commitments under the Myanmar Restoration and Rehabilitation Program provide a sound basis for moving away from an extractive and inefficient timber industry to a more inclusive and integrated model of forest landscape restoration with greater community ownership and private sector engagement, to ensure that Myanmar’s forests continue to provide sustainable economic, social, and environmental benefits. This requires more diverse management approaches and the collaboration with partners who can expand forest management capacity and coverage, including commercial plantations, community forestry, and engagement with ethnic groups who aspire recognition of rights to forest under customary tenure. It also requires new sources of finance. This Country Forest Note (CFN) summarizes the status of Myanmar’s forests and the investments and policies relevant to the forest sector. It aims to inform a strategic, programmatic approach for the management of forests, built on an understanding of the cross-sectoral challenges that the sector faces. It builds on the Forest Sector Report of the Country Environmental Analysis by filing gaps in data and knowledge, including from new studies on private sector plantations, woodfuel, and forest tenure. The CFN takes a uniquely cross-sectoral perspective that considers how other sectors impact forests, and vice versa, and where opportunities lie for better cross-sectoral coordination.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737331593329879596/Myanmar-Country-Forest-Note
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/34095
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34095
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPROTECTED AREA NETWORK
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectTIMBER PROCESSING
dc.subjectECOTOURISM
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectSTAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
dc.subjectWOOD FUEL
dc.titleMyanmar Country Forest Noteen
dc.typeReporten
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dc.typeInformees
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okr.crossref.titleMyanmar Country Forest Note
okr.date.disclosure2020-06-28
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Environmental Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737331593329879596/Myanmar-Country-Forest-Note
okr.guid737331593329879596
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/34095
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087ad4543_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32172046
okr.identifier.report150127
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/737331593329879596/pdf/Myanmar-Country-Forest-Note.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryMyanmar
okr.topicAgriculture::Forestry Management
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Protection
okr.topicEnvironment::Forests and Forestry
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Resources Management
okr.topicEnvironment::Sustainable Land Management
okr.unitEnvironment, Natural Resources and The Blue Economy Global Practice
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