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Dozens of brightly colored wooden fishing boats, some with fishermen in them, float in the Yangon River in Myanmar.
Myanmar Dalah, a fishing town and major terminal across the Yangon River in Myanmar in the Irrawaddy River Basin. © Michael Yamashita

Our Work in Myanmar

Myanmar is a global conservation hotspot. The country's forests, freshwater and coastline are rich with biodiversity and the potential to reduce carbon emissions at scale. Learn how TNC is supporting local communities who are working to balance economic growth with the sustainable management of natural resources.

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Our Work in Myanmar

is home to 2,000 wild Asian elephants and 5,000 domesticated timber elephants that are symbols of national pride and the world’s best example of reduced-impact logging.

Saving Myanmar's Timber Elephants

Without strategic intervention, a significant percentage of these elephants will be killed for their ivory or sold into the tourism industry, where young elephants are subjected to well-documented, relentless abuse.

of Myanmar’s citizens live in rural areas and are dependent on forests for their basic needs.

Conserving Myanmar's Forests

Deforestation, driven by both legal and illegal logging, is having severe impacts on communities in Myanmar.

Three fishermen on 2 boats in a marsh.

Saving Great Rivers

Rivers have been hit harder than almost any other ecosystem on Earth. TNC scientists around the world are helping people and nature thrive.

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