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Conserving Myanmar’s wetland biodiversity through sustainable rice standards

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£370,063
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Burma (Myanmar)

Summary

Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta supports an ethno-cultural landscape in which otherwise globally threatened wetland biodiversity has thrived alongside traditional rice agriculture for centuries. This landscape is threatened by the spread of intensive industrial agriculture and aquaculture, negatively impacting both local people’s livelihoods, and important and iconic wildlife. This project will benefit globally important biodiversity, and support rural farming communities, by linking international rice markets to local sustainable production and applying the new global standards developed by the Sustainable Rice Platform.
 
Status Completed
Reference 27-013
Round 26
Start 01/09/2020
End 31/03/2023

Project Leader


Project Partners
Maubin University, Ministry of Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration (MNRLI), Government of the Virgin Islands (GoVI), Kyone Ka Pyin – Tap Seik Community Conservation Group (KTCG), Sansom Mlup Prey - SMP, Olam International, Sustainable Rice Platform


Regions
East Asia

Biomes
WETLANDS, SAVANNA

Production
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION

Threats To Biodiversity
LAND USE CHANGE

Broad Approches
SPECIES CONSERVATION, ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, GOODS SERVICES, SUSTAINABLE USE, POVERTY REDUCTION, LIVELIHOODS, MIGRATORY SPECIES

Specific Tools
RESEARCH TRAINING, TRAINING, PARTICIPATORY, CEPA, NBSAP

Countries
Burma (Myanmar)

Conventions
CBD

Documents:
Download: Annual Report - 27-013 AR1 - 11/08/2021

Download: Half Year Report - 27-013 HYR1 - 03/02/2021

Download: Application Form - 27-013 App - 25/09/2020