Myanmar
Myanmar
Total population | 51,419,420 in 2014 | |
Rural population | 35,348,948 in 2014 | 69% of total population |
Total land area | 67,657,723 ha | |
| Total land area (excluding inland water bodies) | 65,755,000 ha | |
Forest land (permanent forest estate) | 19,789,936 ha in 2015 | 30% of total land area |
Total forest cover | 30,472,505 ha in 2015 | 46% of total land area |
Reserved forest | 12,184,291 ha | 61.5% of forest land |
Protected public forest | 4,094,960 ha | 20.7% of total forest land |
Protected areas | 3,510,685 ha | 17.7% of total forest land |
Unclassified forests | 10,682569 ha | 35% of forest cover |
Forest cover change | -325,124 (-1.0%) per year between 2010–2014 | |
Carbon stocks | 1,615.27 mmt | |
Community managed forest | 2,033 Forest User Groups with 53,420 members
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Community forestry policies and programmes | Taungya agroforestry system (since 1856)
Forest Law (1992) Myanmar Forest Policy (1995)
Community Forestry Instructions (1995)
Forest Master Plan (2001)
UNDP TNRP Comfort Project (JICA) | |
Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes | Draft Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (MCCSAP) 2016
NAPA
UN-REDD partner country | |