Workshop held on forest conservation

24 July 2019
Workshop held on forest conservation
Deputy Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw Lwin and attendees pose for the photo at the workshop in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: MNA

Myanmar has hosted a workshop on teaching skills and information for carrying out community-based forest conservation in regions with different agricultural systems, Xinhua reported.

Led by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the government's Central Statistical Organization and local non-governmental organizations, the workshop was held in Nay Pyi Taw as part of the project to implement sustainable agricultural lands and forest resource management system for Myanmar's different ecosystems.

The project demonstrates agricultural systems suitable for climate change in the coastal areas, highlands and the tropical region in central Myanmar and implements a sustainable forest management system with local residents.