The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan is a strategic plan including action plan for the years from 2015 until 2020. The instrument is the national guiding document to conserve, manage and use biodiversity for the economic, environmental and social wellbeing of present and future generations of Myanmar. Its main objective is to provide a strategic framework for the sustainable and equitable use of biological resources and set up a detailed action plan for its implementation. Preserving the genetic diversity of cultivated plants, landraces, and crop wild relatives is recognized to be essential for food security. The strategy deals with increasing sustainability of agriculture, forestry and fisheries mainly through biodiversity conservation. It envisages measures which include the development of appropriate sustainable farming systems. The instrument also aims at increasing the resilience of livelihoods to disasters, with focus on disaster risk reduction and climate change.
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020.