UNEP ROAP is supporting the National Commission of Environmental Affairs in Myanmar with the development of their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) through the Bali Strategic Plan for Capacity Building for Technology Support. A MoU has been signed in January 2006. The Forestry Department, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division will act as a focal point and lead agency in the process. An inception workshop to start the NBSAP process was organized by the Forest Department on 7-8th June 2006 at Yangon, Myanmar. There were 120 participants from 40 different stakeholders, including several ministries and departments, research institutes, universities and NGOs. This was the first time for Myanmar to have such a sector-wide and multi-stakeholder participation at a workshop. The workshop generated a lot of awareness and clearer understanding on the NBSAP process, its goal and the way to secure full funding of the 18-month process through GEF. All presentations provided a general overview and understanding of the different aspects of biodiversity covered by different stakeholders. The institutional structure for NBSAP implementation was clarified and three thematic working groups were identified to assist for the stocktaking process and further NBSAP Process. The next steps will focus on securing GEF funding for Enabling Activities and starting the Stocktaking Process within the 3 Thematic Working Groups.

Report (doc)

List of Appendices
1.Agenda (pdf)
2.List of Participants (pdf)
3.Opening Speech (pdf)

Presentations
4.UNEP NBSAP Process (pdf / 234KB)
5.Forest Department(pdf / 1.64MB)
6.Agriculture Department I(pdf /18.7KB)
7.Agriculture Department II(pdf / 224KB)
8.Livestock Department(pdf / 424KB)
9.Fisheries Department(pdf / 268KB)
10.FREDA(pdf / 1.56MB)
11.BirdLife International(pdf / 559MB)
12.BANCA(pdf /1.78MB)
13.Wildlife Conservation Society(pdf 1.5MB)
14.Smithsonian Institute(pdf /2.01MB)
15.UNEP GEF Enabling Activities I(pdf / 29.4KB)
16.UNEP GEF Enabling Activities II(pdf /19.4KB)

Other
17. Proposed Structure of the Steering Committee (doc/ 19.5KB)
18.Closing Speech(pdf/ 16.1KB)

Thematic Working Groups (WGs)
19. Presentation WG1 Natural Resource Use (pdf/ 26.8KB)
20. Presentation WG2 Conservation & Ecology (pdf/ 23.5KB)
21. Presentation WG3 Social, Economical and Political (pdf/ 23.5KB)
22. Contact details of participants per working group (xls/ 92KB)

Links
23. Programme of Work CBD (pdf/1.5MB)
24. Guidelines NBSAP (pdf/ 2.2MB)

For those of you not present at the meeting and who would like to participate in the NBSAP Process fill out this sheet and sent it to the Director of NWCD, U Tun Paw Oo and to U Uga at .