Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/08
Forest Department, Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar
Search results
Showing items 1 through 9 of 14225.-
Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 1997Myanmar
-
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2003Myanmar
Summary: China’s trade in timber products with Myanmar grew substantially from 1997-2002, from 295,474 m3
(round wood equivalent, RWE) in 1997 to 947,765 m3 (RWE) in 2002. Despite increased volume,
timber product imports from Myanmar comprised only 2.5% of China’s total timber product imports
from 1997-2002. However, the small fraction of total imports masks two important features: i)
timber imports from Myanmar are primarily logged in slow-growing natural forests in northern -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2000Myanmar
Biome: Montane Grasslands and Shrublands...
Size: 46,800 square miles...
Conservation Status: Relatively Stable/Intact..... -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2000Myanmar
Biome: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests...
Size: 37,600 square miles...
Conservation Status: Relatively Stable/Intact..... -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2000Myanmar
Biome: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests...
Size: 46,100 square miles...
Conservation Status: Relatively Stable/Intact..... -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchMyanmar
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is a CGIAR Consortium Research Centre. ICRAF’s headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, with six regional offices located in Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Peru.
The Centre’s vision is a rural transformation throughout the tropics as smallholder households increase their use of trees in agricultural landscapes to improve their food security, nutrition security, income, health, shelter, social cohesion, energy resources and environmental sustainability.
-
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2016Myanmar
...According to the 2016 Climate Risk Index, Myanmar is the second-most-vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change. Joern Kristensen, director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID), has experienced firsthand how new weather patterns are putting farmers under stress. His organisation runs a climate adaptation project in the highland areas of Nyaungshwe and Kalaw in Shan State. “What we can see there is, while precipitation has been more or less the same for the past 20 years, the rainy season has become shorter.
-
Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2015Myanmar
Emergency Flood Response: "In late July and August,
more than 1.7 million people in 13 states/regions were
affected by the widespread floods and landslides,
as a result of the tropical Cyclone Komen. WFP
prompted an emergency flood response on 2 August,
within 48 hours after the declaration of Chin, Magway,
Rakhine and Sagaing as Disaster Zones by
the President of Myanmar. One month after, WFP and
its cooperating partner have reached 100 percent of
455,269 targeted beneficiaries with 3,241 tons of food -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2015Myanmar
Disaster overview: "The coordination team
suggests that there are three broad geographic areas.
The
team has conducted
field trips to
two of these ‘typical’ areas. Many houses in the areas visited are of timber construction but there are
also masonry
and semi masonry buildings.
Chin State: Mountainous
area severely affected by landslide
and
access issues.
Many
households
whose houses
were destroyed or are now in unsafe locations
are obliged to find
temporary accommodation -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2015Myanmar
Situation Overview: "As sporadic flooding continues
in some areas of Myanmar, the number of
people termporarily
or still
displaced
since July continues to grow. As of 21 September, nearly 1.7
million people, including
over
578,000 children,
have been displaced by flooding and landslides across Myanmar.
The risk of seasonal flooding will continue
through the end of the rainy season in mid-October, with compounded risks of flooding, landslides and strong
Land Library Search
Through our robust search engine, you can search for any item of the over 64,800 highly curated resources in the Land Library.
If you would like to find an overview of what is possible, feel free to peruse the Search Guide.