National REDD+ Taskforce

 

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.