The National REDD+ Taskforce is made up of the following members, representing government, civil society, indigenous peoples’ organizations, and the private sector:
No. | Ministry/Organization | Position | Role in TF |
1 | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation | Deputy Director General (Policy and Projects), Forest Department | Chairman |
2 | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation | Alternate National REDD+ Focal Point, Forest Department | Secretary |
3 | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation | Environmental Conservation Department | Member |
4 | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation | Department of Mines | Member |
5 | Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation | Agricultural Planning Department | Member |
6 | Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation | Agricultural Land Management and Statistics Department | Member |
7 | Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation | Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department | Member |
8 | Ministry of Planning and Finance | Budget Department | Member |
9 | Ministry of Planning and Finance | Planning Department | Member |
10 | Ministry of Home Affairs | General Administration Department | Member |
11 | Myanmar Environment Rehabilitation-Conservation Network (MERN; CSO) | Chair | Member |
12 | Promotion of Indigenous and Nature Together (POINT; IP Organization) | Director | Member |
13 | Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association (Private sector) | Vice-president | Member |
14 | Kanbawza (KBZ) Bank (Private Sector) | Sustainability Advisor | Member |
The objectives of the Taskforce are:
- To provide guidance and oversight for all REDD+ related programmes, projects and initiatives in Myanmar in order to support the effective and efficient development of all REDD+ actions in the country.
- To coordinate between and among all relevant REDD+ programmes, projects and initiatives in order to achieve consistency among all REDD+ actions to be implemented in national territory, avoid duplication and contradiction between and among them and assure coherent REDD+ performance, accounting and reporting to relevant national and international entities including the UNFCCC.
To deliver these objectives, the Taskforce meets quarterly, at which time it receives updates on relevant REDD+ programmes, and reviews documents produced by those programmes related to progress under the Warsaw Framework for REDD+. Minutes of Taskforce meetings can be found here.