Threatened ecosystems of Myanmar: An IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Assessment. Version 1
2020
[Excerpt:] Myanmar's Red List of Ecosystems is a tool to understand our threats and plan for conservation and
sustainable management. Forests constitute the dominant ecosystems in Myanmar, and we are
blessed with high forest cover (42.92%) and diversity, with 36 of our 64 ecosystems identified as
forest and mangrove. These forests and biodiversity underpin a range of ecosystem services which
are central to Myanmar’s sustainable development, supporting human and resource needs, and
contributing to a more stable climate. The loss of forests and our biodiversity leads to degradation
and deterioration of ecosystem services and threatens Myanmar’s irreplaceable ecological heritage.
We often discuss ecosystem services but this study documents Myanmar’s terrestrial ecosystem
typology and spatial distribution for the first time. This is one of the first ecosystem red lists
developed within ASEAN and this will inform our implementation for decades to come to inform
legislation, land-use planning, protected area expansion, monitoring and reporting, and ecosystem
management. To sustain our forests and our biodiversity we need to sustainably manage all of
these incredible ecosystems.
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