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Building climate resilience through ecosystem-based adaptation in Rakhine State and Irrawaddy River Delta, Myanmar
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Building climate resilience through ecosystem-based adaptation in Rakhine State and Irrawaddy River Delta, Myanmar
 
 
Participants: Hoon Chang (KEI), UNEP, KEITI (Korea Environmental Industry Technology Institute)
 
Period: 1 Dec. 2016 - 31 May 2017
 
Deion:
 
The project will be designed to increase resilience of vulnerable communities in Rakhine State and the Irrawaddy Delta through the application of large-scale EbA intervene and/or combining ecosystem-based adaptation interventions with hard infrastructure. Using an ecosystem approach will allow the local people to use the delta without compromising the integrity of the systems future or overexploiting their natural resources. These interventions will be underpinned by strengthening the institutional policy framework on adaptation as well as capacity building in regional institutions.
The project will focus on most densely populated and vulnerable coastal areas around the Irrawaddy
Delta as well as the bordering Rakhine State. During the project design phase approx. 4 project sites will be identified through a participatory approach involving intensive stakeholder consultations.
Worldwide successful examples show the importance of good knowledge of the basic physical and
ecological processes, early involvement of local stakeholders leading to a participatory planning process and an integrated and sustainable approach to manage and develop the delta to cope with the new economic situation in Myanmar.
By prioritizing large numbers of vulnerable people, and using ecosystems based adaptation solutions as the means to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts, the project aims to significantly increased adaptive capacity and reduce exposure to climate risks for Myanmar’s coastal population.  The potential EbA interventions may include reforestation and/or conservation of mangroves, wetland restoration and the introduction of sustainable practices for agriculture (including fisheries and aquaculture)