Thaung Naing Oo

Forest Research Institute, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Integrated highland wildfire, smoke, and haze management in the Upper Indochina region
Keywords:

CBFiM · Fire Risk Maps · Fuel Load · Highlands · Mixing Height · Rotated Agriculture

Integrated highland wildfire, smoke, and haze management in the Upper Indochina region

Fire has long been used in Southeast Asia for the purposes of cooking, protection, and warmth. However, climate change and economic pressure have modified the life of locals, including fire practices in daily life and other fire uses. The land use of forest cover in highland area (mostly deciduous forest) has shifted to cultivation, with...

Wanthongchai, K., Tanpipat, V., Noochaiya, P., Sirimongkonlertkun, N., Macatangay, R., Thammavongsa, L., ... Solanki, R. (2021). Integrated highland wildfire, smoke, and haze management in the Upper Indochina region. APN Science Bulletin, 11(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2021.1704

Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar
Keywords:

Community · Mangrove · Participatory · Sustainable rehabilitation

Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar

This study generally aims to synthesize the best practices and challenges in mangrove rehabilitation in the Philippines, Myanmar, Japan, China and India.  It employed an in-depth review of secondary information such as policy documents and project reports, and participatory research activities with various mangrove stakeholders such as key informant interview and focus group discussion. Lessons...

Camacho, L., Gevaña, D., Sabino, L., Ruzol, C., Garcia, J., Camacho, A., . . . Takeuchi, K. (2020). Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar. APN Science Bulletin, 10(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2020.983

Coastal forest management in the face of global change: Experience of four Asian countries
Keywords:

Coastal forest management · Disaster · Indigenous knowledge · Mitigation

Coastal forest management in the face of global change: Experience of four Asian countries

The cross-country study examined community-based coastal forest management and policies on how integrating coastal forest management with human settlement planning and local livelihoods needs can strengthen community resilience towards climate change impacts confounded with other global changes like land use-land cover change, biological invasion and loss of biodiversity and economic globalization and planetary changes like...

Liang, L., Yiu, E., Camacho, L., Gevaña, D., Oo, T., Sein, C., . . . Nagata, A. (2017). Coastal forest management in the face of global change: Experience of four Asian countries. APN Science Bulletin, 7(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2017.70