Conserving Myanmar’s wetland biodiversity through sustainable rice standards
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £370,063
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.
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
