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Despite the all-out efforts currently being made by the Myanmar Government to conserve and improve its forest resources, forest degradation and depletion are continuing at an alarming rate, mainly due to shifting cultivation, agricultural encroachment and illicit cutting. The heavy reliance on woodfuel has eroded its supply source in numerous areas and it is clear that unless urgent remedial measures are undertaken the more accessible forests will soon be exhausted and remote areas will have to be exploited instead, involving rising market prices.
The National Training Workshop on the Integration of Wood Fuel Production and Marketing in Forest, Agriculture and Tree Production Systems in Myanmar, jointly organised by the Forest And Energy Departments of Myanmar in March 1999, was a milestone in the country's efforts to achieve sustainable bioenergy development. The workshop enhanced the awareness of wood energy amongst foresters and agroforestry practitioners, energy experts and many others directly related to training and research in relevant sectors and led to the recommendation of pragmatic strategies to promote sustainable bioenergy development for future implementation, such as the integration of multipurpose fast-growing trees into the farming system and the incorporation of wood energy into the policies of directly relevant sectors (i.e. energy, forestry, agriculture and rural development)."
Technical Papers/Case Studies:
1. Wood Energy in Member Countries;
2. General Position of National energy in Myanmar;
3. Woodfuel Production and Marketing in Yamethin Forest District;
4. A Case Study on Woodfuel Production and Marketing in Toungoo District;
5. Woodfuel Production and Marketing in the Dry Zone with Particular Reference to Sagaing Division;
6. Woodfuel Production and Marketing in Ayeyawady Mangrove Delta;
7. Non-Forest Area Based Woodfuel Production and Its Contribution to the Rural Socio-Economy of Ayeyawady Division;
8. Non-Forest Area Based Woodfuel Production and Its Contribution to the Rural Socio-Economy of Yangon Division;
9. Combustion and Pollution Free Combustion of Biomass;
10. Summary of Earlier Reports and Case Studies on Woodfuel Production, Flow and Utilization in Myanmar.
