This report describes the steps undertake to design Myanmar's Safeguards Information System (SIS), and sets out the key elements of its SIS design.

This report describes the steps undertake to design Myanmar's Safeguards Information System (SIS), and sets out the key elements of its SIS design.

This is the report from a workshop held in Nay Pyi Taw, 29-30 January 2019. The aims of the workshop were to: discuss the results of an assessment of information systems and sources relevant to the Safeguards Information System (SIS); collect feedback for filling gaps in the assessment and on other relevant sources of information for the SIS; discuss possible approaches, barriers and opportunities for information collection and sharing; discuss options for the design of the SIS, including institutional arrangements, information structure and modalities for public access to information; update participants on process and requirements for the development of a Summary of Information on Safeguards (SoI).

This report sets out the content and results of the National Consultation Workshop on the Draft of Myanmar’s First Summary of Information (SoI) on Safeguards was conducted on 24th October 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to provide feedback on the draft SoI, in addition to building participants’ understanding of REDD+ Safeguards, SIS and how the safeguards are addressed and respected in Myanmar.

This report sets out the content and results of the National Consultation Workshop on the Draft of Myanmar’s First Summary of Information (SoI) on Safeguards was conducted on 24th October 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to provide feedback on the draft SoI, in addition to building participants’ understanding of REDD+ Safeguards, SIS and how the safeguards are addressed and respected in Myanmar. 

Exposure to Risks Posed by Unsustainable Land Use: What Can Burmese Banks Do?

Land use is the foundation of the Burmese economy. As the Burmese banking sector develops and expands, it will be exposed to new challenges associated with unsustainable land use and deforestation. This brief is the second in a two-part series; the first info brief examined how the Burmese banking sector could be exposed to risk generated through unsustainable land use and deforestation. This second part focuses on measures that Burmese banks can take to minimize any exposure to unsustainable land use and deforestation, while aligning their portfolio with sustainable and profitable businesses that are able to foster and reinforce a healthy functioning environment.

This info brief is in Burmese. This info brief is supported by the UN-REDD Programme and published by the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. It is the first in a two-part series that is intended to demonstrate the economic and financial benefits of a deforestation-free approach to lending and investment in Myanmar and to provide recommendations for financial institutions on how to reduce their exposure to the forest-related risks arising from their clients/ investees’ activities. 

ဤအ ်ဥ္းခ်ဳပ္သည္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ၌ ေငြထုတ္ေခ်းျခင္းႏွင့္

ရင္းႏွီးျမွဳပ္ႏွံမႈအေပၚ သစ္ေတာျပဳန္းတီးမႈ  င္းလြတ္ေသာ

ခ်ဥ္း ပ္မႈနည္းလမ္း၏ စီးပြားေရးႏွင့္ ဘ႑ာေရး

အ ်ိဳးေ ်းဇူးမ်ား ို သရုပ္ေဖာ္ျပရန္ ရည္ရြယ္ေသာ

ႏွစ္ပိုင္းတြဲအခန္း ဆ ္မွ ပထမပိုင္းျဖစ္သည္။

Banking on Forests in Myanmar

This info brief is supported by the UN-REDD Programme and published by the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. It is the first in a two-part series that is intended to demonstrate the economic and financial benefits of a deforestation-free approach to lending and investment in Myanmar and to provide recommendations for financial institutions on how to reduce their exposure to the forest-related risks arising from their clients/ investees’ activities.

Guidelines for Stakeholder Engagement in Policies and Programmes for Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+