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Environmental Rehabilitation Strategy and Activities in Ayeyarwady Delta: UNDP Experience

Environmental Rehabilitation Strategy and Activities in Ayeyarwady Delta: UNDP Experience. Htun Paw Oo and Saw Doh Wah Inle/ICDP, UNDP Myanmar 12 November 2012, Inya Lake, Yangon. Content. Introduction Previous Activities by Forest Department, UNDP, FAO

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Environmental Rehabilitation Strategy and Activities in Ayeyarwady Delta: UNDP Experience

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  1. Environmental Rehabilitation Strategy and Activities in Ayeyarwady Delta: UNDP Experience Htun Paw Oo and Saw Doh Wah Inle/ICDP, UNDP Myanmar 12 November 2012, Inya Lake, Yangon

  2. Content • Introduction • Previous Activities by Forest Department, UNDP, FAO • UNDP Rehabilitation Strategies & Activities • Environmental Issues • Progress on Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation • The Way Forward

  3. Ecosystem Function of Mangroves Source: UN-REDD Newsletter no. 16, Feb 2011

  4. Rakhine coastal line Taninthayi Coastal line Ayeyawady Delta

  5. Types of Livelihoods In Delta • Agriculture( paddy, homestead garden, horlticulture) • Fishery (catch fishery, aquaculture, processing) • Livestock (cattle, poultry, duck, goat) • Forestry ( fuel-wood, charcoal, Nipa) • Agro-forestry (sorjan, multi-layer) • MSE • Cottage industry (rice mill, salt)

  6. Main causes of mangrove depletion and degradation • Increase of Rice Fields • Human Settlement in the Reserved Forests • Construction of Prawn Pond • Over exploitation of Firewood and Charcoal Production • Lack of Awareness of the services of Mangrove

  7. Land use changes ofMangroves in Delta 2007 1990 2001 Mangroves affected by Cyclone Nargis 2001

  8. Previous Programmes UNDP/FAO HDI (1994 to 2002) • Capacity building both for agencies and communities, • Establishment of village nurseries, • Development of community forestry, • Public tree planting (roadsides, school compounds, etc.) • Utilization of efficient stoves, • River bank protection planting, • Environmental awareness & forestry extension

  9. ICDP (2003-2008) period in Ayeyaewady Delta • Farm boundary planting 762.8 acres • Community woodlots 774.0 acres • Village forest nurseries 17 no. • Embankment renovation 284.8 miles • Land reclamation 4415 no. • Bamboo planting 624.4 acres • School tree planting 6 no. • Energy saving stoves 18816 no. Those activities have been implemented in Bogalay, Labutta, Kyaiklat, Mawlamyeingyun and Ngapudaw townships.

  10. Community Forests and Public Tree Planting in HDI/ICDP Projects Labutta

  11. Community Mangroves Forests Established in HDI Provided Forest Products for Construction & Farm Tools and Saved Lives

  12. Strategies of Reforestation Public Forestry Agro-Forestry Private Forestry Community Forestry 1. Road Side • . Coastal belt • . River bank • . School, Monastery, Church etc.,) • 1. Reserved forest (FD) • 2. Individual private land • . Land allowed by SLRD 1. Reserved forest land permitted by FD 2. Land allowed by SLRD 1. Homestead garden 2. Farm boundary 3. Fish and shrimp ponds for Silvo-fishery Nursery Mangrove nursery (mangrove spp.) Fresh water nursery Multipurpose + Fruit Trees Capacity Building (Training, Workshop, Study tour)

  13. Nursery establishment - 42 non-mangrove nurseries( 1.07 ml seedlings) - 14 mangrove nursery(0.5 ml seedlings) Public tree planting - Road sides, River bank (281 villages) - Home gardens, Farm boundary - School & monastery compounds Villages for planting mangrove saplings - 78 5 forest nursery trainings - Fresh water and mangrove species 4 Forest mgmt trainings 7 (Study tour, environmental campaign and orientation workshop) Distribution of fruit trees - 69,000 No. of beneficiaries for fruit trees - 5,500 4 Efficient stove making training - mud stove and rice husk stove Distribution of efficient stoves - 3,674 Post Nargis Recovery Intervention(2009)

  14. Nursery establishment - 29 non-mangrove nurseries( 0.4 ml seedlings) - 15 mangrove nursery(0.4 ml seedlings) Public tree planting - Road sides, River bank (165 villages) - Home gardens, Farm boundary - School & monastery compounds 3 Environmental campaigns - 400 students & 100 villagers 4 Efficient stove making training - 126 trainees 12 (Forest management, agro-forestry, aqua-forestry and efficient stove trainings) for 381 trainees from 95 villages Distribution of bamboo & fruit trees - 11,400 & 17,800 Distribution of IEC materials - posters (9070), pamphlets (36,000) & booklets (12,000) ICDP-Delta Intervention(2010)

  15. Public Tree Planting Activities

  16. Auk Gyo Phyu Mangrove Nursery& Planting in MLG

  17. Strengths and Opportunities Strengths • Community, NGOs and individuals show their interests for tree planting • Awareness increased on CC, Env and DRR • Improved coordination among line agencies, I/NGOs • Previous experienced village resource persons Opportunities • Traditional home garden (Agro-forestry) practices have been existed • Technology access on mangrove rehabilitation • Potential for sorjan and mangrove-cum-aquaculture • Community forests/woodlots for potential REDD+

  18. Weakness and Threats • Weakness • Limited land area for community forests and village woodlots • Limited knowledge and skill on reforestation and agro-forestry at field staff and community • Limited village level forest resource data • Threats • Population pressure associated with imbalanced supply & demand of forest resources • Accelerated expansions of agriculture and fish & shrimp, salt farming • Widespread river bank erosion • Other environmental issues, weather abnormality, decreased fish catch, sea level rise, etc.

  19. Community Forests and Products in HDI/CDRT Project

  20. Environmental Activities in 2011 • Mangroves & fresh water nursery - 10 nurseries • Mangrove and fresh water seedlings - 388,535 seedlings • No. of villages planted - 95 villages • Forest management training - 2 batch for 70 participants • Environmental awareness campaign - 1450 participants • Posters and manual on mangrove mgnt - 1300 • Pamphlets on forest conservation - 20,000

  21. Protect from Wave on Mangrove Planting

  22. Mangrove Nurseries and Plantation

  23. Roadside Planting ad Agro-forestry

  24. Agro-forestry in Delta

  25. Bio-mass Fuel in Delta

  26. Locally Available Non-wood Bio-mass Fuel

  27. Utilization of Energy Efficient Stove and Local Initiatives

  28. Way Forward • Cooperation with Government agencies, local communities and UN/ international organizations • Supporting the development of the comprehensive land use policy/plan • Improve/encourage community and private forestry, agro-forestry • Improve/encourage environmental awareness including climate change mitigation and adaptation • Improve capacity development on energy efficient stoves • Improve stakeholder participation, cooperation and coordination • Mangroves are potential climate change adaptation and mitigation • Improve integration among stakeholders (line ministries, INGOs/NGOs, CSOs and community) • Participate in recently initiated Integrated Coastal Zone Management programme

  29. Thank You for Your Attention

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