Bio-Bridge Initiative Request for Assistance
(BBIAR)
Establishing genetic database for Myanmar’s biodiversity through DNA barcoding technology
Myanmar is rich in biodiversity, and hosting numerous flora and fauna. Myanmar endeavours to sustain biodiversity for sustainable development, as well as for mitigating climate change impact. The bioresources are very promising to raise fund for conservation and livelihood development of the economically marginalized people who are mainly depending on natural resources for subsistence livelihoods. Myanmar needs to record information of its biodiversity to against biopiracy which likely to increase in the near future and to protect from the impact of invasive alien species which has become threats to native species and local economy in some areas of Myanmar. Genetic database for biodiversity enables to Myanmar to address such the issues.
Myanmar
Naing Zaw
Htun Deputy Director,Forest Department/Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division
Capacity-building tools and resources (including case studies, toolkits and reference materials)
Equipment, infrastructure, supplies
Expertise (on site experts/consultants, virtual help desk, technical advice and institutional development support)
Describe how Capacity-building tools and resources (including case studies, toolkits and reference materials) will facilitate TSC while addressing your problem.
Describe how Equipment, infrastructure, supplies will facilitate TSC while addressing your problem.
Describe how Expertise (on site experts/consultants, virtual help desk, technical advice and institutional development support) will facilitate TSC while addressing your problem.
Target 13.1 of Myanmar NBSAP (2015-2020) states that “By 2020 priorities for the conservation of plant genetic resources have been identified and are addressed by programmes to promote in situ conservation. This target can be achieved through the activities constructed on genetic database of biodiversity. Nowadays, Myanmar is planning to support local livelihoods through benefits from the sustainable use and conserving of bioresources, and genetic database will be very useful for this intention
Biomes
Cross-cutting Issues
Aichi-T1. Awareness of biodiversity values
Aichi-T2. Integration of biodiversity values
Aichi-T7. Areas under sustainable management
Aichi-T9. Invasive Alien Species
Aichi-T11. Protected areas
Aichi-T12. Preventing extinctions
Aichi-T13. Agricultural biodiversity
Aichi-T16. Nagoya Protocol on ABS
China
Japan
Republic of Korea
2018-05-01
2019-04-30
Forest Department of Myanmar is collaborating with organizations from Republic of Korea, Japan, China, USA and Germany in species survey and identification. Nevertheless, these collaborations still need DNA technique
DNA database of the native species and IAS of Myanmar.
Increasing awareness on biodiversity
Improving regulatory framework for control of species transfer, export and trade
Income generation on and incentives for conservation from bio-prospecting
Myanmar can provide in-kind contribution such as personnel, office space and transport.
