Integrated Mangrove Rehabilitation and Management Project through Community Participation in the Ayewady Delta
Myanmar
September 29, 2006
Ayeyawady Division (Region), Laputta, Bogalay, and Pyar Pon Townships
*Also see "Project Target Location" for the detail location.
April 1, 2007 – March 31, 2013
(The duration has been extended one year after the Cyclone Nargis occurred in 2008)
Forest Department, Ministry of Forestry (FD: Responsible agency)
Department of Fisheries (DoF: cooperating agency)
Myanma Agricultural Services (MAS: cooperating agency)
Settlement and Land Record Department (SLRD: supporting agency)
In Myanmar, the Ayeyawady Delta is one of the seriously degraded forest areas, where decades of extensive expansion of agricultural land, unsustainable forest use, and more recently, increase of aquaculture activities have severely damaged the remaining mangrove forests in the area. The degradation of the forest has most affected local residents using mangroves forest resources for fuel wood and poles. Farmers growing traditional paddy varieties in the brackish water areas have suffered from salinity and bank erosion from lack of protection. Fishermen have also suffered from smaller catches in the degraded mangrove environment, where the loss of tree cover has negatively affected to fish-breeding habitat.
In view of the significance of managing the forest resources in the Ayeyawady Delta, during the period of 2002 to 2005, JICA dispatched a team of experts to conduct the Study on Integrated Mangrove Management through Community Participation in the Ayeyawady Delta. The results of the Study have contributed to formulating a management plan, "the Integrated Mangrove Management Plan (2005-2044) (hereinafter referred to as "IMMP") which aims to support sustainable coexistence of mangrove forests and communities in the Kyakankwinpawk, Pyinalan, Kadonkani and Pyindaye Reserved Forests. It has been approved by the Government of Myanmar (hereinafter referred to as "GOM").
In order to support the implementation of the IMMP Phase I, a technical cooperation was requested by GOM to JICA in May 2005. A Preparatory Study was conducted by JICA in December 2005 and GOM and JICA signed the Record of Discussions (R/D) for a project in September 2006, and it was scheduled to complete in March 2012. In accordance with R/D, JICA expert team started the Project activities in the target area from April 2007.
However in May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyawady Delta and caused crucial damage in the project area, including mangrove forests, local communities and social infrastructure. Due to this natural disaster, the project was interrupted for 8 months (until December 2008). JICA and Myanmar counterparts reviewed project contents and in January 2009, at the 3rd JCC meeting, JCC approved the revised PDM (PDM1) which added activities for disaster recovery/ prevention in the project.
PDM version | Major Changes |
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PDM (version 0) (September 9th, 2006) | |
PDM (version 1) (January 28th, 2009) | Added recovery activities from the Cyclone Nargis |
PDM (version 2) (July 14th, 2011) | Reviewed the Outputs and Project activities, and consolidate recovery activities as the fifth Output additional to the existing four Outputs |
The mangrove forests are sustainably managed and poverty is alleviated among the communities in the Ayeyawady Delta.
The communities and the mangrove forests co-exist in a sustainable manner in the selected areas where project activities were implemented within the Ayeyawady Delta.
1-1 | Select villages to introduce CF from the ones that express interest. |
1-2 | Conduct baseline survey on the basic socio-economic conditions of the selected villages. |
1-3 | Organize/reorganize CF User Groups (CFUSGs) in the selected villages. |
1-4 | Assist the CFUSGs in preparing/updating their CF Management Plans and proposals for CF certificates through participatory planning process. |
1-5 | Issue CF certificates to the CFUSGs based on the proposals as per the CF Instruction (CFI). |
1-6 | Assist the CFUSGs in implementing the certified CF Management Plans. |
1-7 | Implement various capacity strengthening programs to enhance the income levels of the CFUSGs in partnership with Cooperating Agencies such as Department of Fisheries (DOF), Myanma Agriculture Service (MAS), and other institutions. |
1-8 | Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the certified CF Management Plans. |
1-9 | Conduct impact survey regarding the effects of CF on the livelihoods of the members of the CFUSGs. |
2-1 | Identify necessary activities for CF management and CF extension & support by each Reserve Forest (RF) based on review of the CF contents of the Integrated Mangrove Management Plan (IMMP). |
2-2 | Confirm the roles and responsibilities of the technical members of CF Task Force (technical MCFTF) for the identified activities. |
2-3 | Assess the needs of the technical MCFTF (e.g. financial, logistics and human resource development needs) to implement the identified activities. |
2-4 | Develop training plan & materials based on the assessment of the human resource development needs conducted in 2.3. |
2-5 | Train the technical MCFTF according to the plan. |
2-6 | Construct/renovate the CF Extension Center & Nursery in each RF. |
2-7 | Provide extension services and support to the CFUSGs in each RF. |
2-8 | Carry out public awareness campaigns regarding CF and the conservation of mangrove forests. |
2-9 | Draft detailed Standardized Operational Procedure (SOP) for CF for the mangrove forests based on the existing SOP of the FD (i.e. Departmental Instructions) and feedback from the Project activities. |
3-1 | Conduct surveys for identification of silvicultural techniques for both community and non-community forestry with respect to the eco-geographical/management zones in the Ayeyawady Delta. |
3-2 | Prepare the specific Action Research (AR) test designs for each of the identified silvicultural technique (e.g. seedling production, planning designs and methods, thinning, pruning, forest management). |
3-3 | Execute the AR in each RF. |
3-4 | Conduct periodic technical monitoring/preliminary assessment on the AR plantation (ARP). |
3-5 | Prepare a technical report on action research (AR) for mangrove in English and Myanmar. |
3-6 | Develop technical guidelines for rehabilitation and management of mangrove forests based on the findings of the AR. |
4-1 | Organize an inter-agency coordination meeting, consisting of relevant authorities (e.g. agriculture, fisheries, settlement and land records) at the Regional level to examine the underlying causes for mangrove deforestation in the Ayeyawady Delta. |
4-2 | Update the land use information on periodic basis based on the up-to-date satellite images for discussion by the coordination meeting members, including overall forest resource assessment of the region and mangrove forest conversion. |
4-3 | Organize seminars to promote synergies among the relevant sectors for the sustainable management of the mangrove ecosystem in the Ayeyawady Delta. |
4-4 | Organize a coordination meeting with donors/NGOs active in the Target Area at District Level. |
X-1 | Prepare a hazard map based on analysis of damage of the Cyclone Nargis. |
X-2 | Conduct quick damage & recovery survey in the target area. |
X-3 | Conduct village profile survey in the target area. |
X-4 | Conduct survey for recovery condition of mangrove vegetation from damage of Cyclone Nargis in the target area. |
X-5 | Rehabilitate the CF Extension Center and Nursery in each RF including facility with cyclone-proof structure. |
X-6 | Support recovery or disaster prevention work of Implementation and Cooperative Organizations in the target area through material supply. |
X-7 | Conduct public awareness activities on disaster prevention in the target area. |
X-8 | Arrange necessary coordination among donors in the integrated mangrove management |