Su Mon San

• Sustainable use of natural resources

• Burma/ Myanmar

Forest Management

An integrated analysis of managing agricultural encroachment in permanent Forest Estates: A case study in Taungoo District, Myanmar

Agricultural expansion is considered as one of the major reasons of deforestation, especially in developing countries. In Myanmar, according to the resettlement plan (2013) agricultural areas in the Permanent Forest Estates are planned to establish agroforestry practices in the expanded farms. The main objective of the study is to provide recommendations on how the management of agricultural areas in the Permanent Forest Estate should be improved in order to ensure all vital forest ecosystem services including provisioning services which are important for the food security of the local farmers and at the same time for the forest sustainability. The study includes analyzing how the agricultural expansion occurs in response to the policy, how the established agro-forestry areas provide different services or contributions to the farmers and their perception on the importance of different ecosystem services from the established agroforestry areas. The results of the research intends to support long term food security by providing recommendations on how different vital forest ecosystem services should be considered and integrated in selecting the proper design and species for establishing agroforestry practices in the farm.