Forest Reserves: Nearly One Million Acres Of Forest Reserves Established

Myanmar has targeted to establish 30 per cent of the country’s total area with forest reserve and 10 per cent of natural environmental protected areas as a pledge of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions according to the 30-year Forest Master Plan and Paris Climate Change Conference held in 2015.

The country set over 400,000 acres of forest reserves and over 580,000 acres of protected public forests between February 1st, 2021 and February 1st, 2022, and it has 25.79 per cent of the country’s total area with over 43.11 million acres of forest reserves while the protected land area is established up to 6.43 per cent of the country’s total area with over 10.75 million acres so far.

For such doings, it can reduce the climate changes, protect the biodiversity and endangered wildlife animals, plants and their habitats, make better ecosystem and enhance environmental services, conserve the waterway outlets and watershed areas, prevent the natural disasters, preserve the natural resources and ensure sustainable development of forest resources.

So, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation announced the establishment of MiAPi, Rahutu, Lein Yawn, ZeinHmuTaung etc. as national parks and KhaChinTaung, KoeKweTaung, HanLinTaung etc. as outside forest reserve and protected lands