Ranked of 1,000 by conservation value. Both rankings are shown: plant data is being added, and neither is the final word. Lower is higher priority.
| Protected area | Rank without plants | Rank with plants | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary (extension) | 12 | 66 | 11,301 km² |
| Hugaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary | 27 | 99 | 6,490 km² |
| Bumpha Bum Wildife Sanctuary | 42 | 138 | 2,928 km² |
| Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary | 51 | 142 | 2,803 km² |
| Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary | 103 | 286 | 2,139 km² |
| Taninthayi Nature Reserve | 223 | 383 | 1,610 km² |
From Canopy’s country evidence record for Myanmar, compiled 2026-10-05 from the sources named under each item. A field marked not reported was not verified in those sources, which is not evidence that it does not exist.
Managing agency: Forest Department (Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division). Law 12/2018 section 2 names the Ministry and the Forest Department Director General as administrators, with Park Wardens managing each protected area (sections 16 to 18).
System: Protected areas under the Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law.
Sources: Myanmar Law Information System (via Open Development Mekong): The Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 12/2018), 2018-05-21; The Conversation: Myanmar's military coup is a blow to democracy, and the nation's stunning biodiversity, 2021; Euronews: Myanmar ends state of emergency and junta chief switches roles ahead of December elections, 2025-07-31; Forest Trends: Mining emerges as major driver of forest loss in Myanmar pilot (press release), 2026-03-18.
Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 12/2018), 2018-05-21.
Administration: The Ministry, with Government approval, designates protected areas by notification (section 9); the Director General and Park Wardens manage them, and a National Steering Committee chaired by the Minister guides policy (section 4). Land held by others goes through prior coordination, advance notice and a Preliminary Settlement Body that determines affected rights (section 9). Finance: No dedicated fund found in the text; section 13(d) and 13(f) allow a payment for ecosystem services system and entrance or tourism fees, and section 50 recovers money due to the Forest Department as land revenue arrears. Limits on application: Hunting licences exclude protected areas (section 24); digging, cultivating, extracting plants, grazing and entering prohibited areas bring administrative fines (sections 34, 35); polluting, poisoning, using explosives or electrification, or dumping toxic or mineral waste in a protected area is an offence up to 3 years (section 39); research, ecotourism and buffer-zone community forestry or tourism may be permitted (section 13).
Source: Myanmar Law Information System (via Open Development Mekong): The Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No 12/2018), 2018-05-21.
Forest Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29/2018), 2018-09-20.
Administration: Constitutes reserved forests and protected public forests, and recognises natural and mangrove forests conserved by residents with traditional methods, on recommendation and government approval (InforMEA summary). Finance: not reported. Limits on application: Only summary-level information was retrieved; section-level restrictions were not verified.
Statute summary paraphrased from the cited text; a missing finance entry means no finance provision was verified, not that none exists. Source: InforMEA (UN portal on MEAs): Forest Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 29/2018), 2018-09-20.
Terrestrial: 6.02% of national land area, its area not stated by the source; as of 2021-07.
National records as quoted in the CBD Target 11 dossier prepared by UNEP-WCMC; the denominator area is not stated in the source. Source: UNEP-WCMC with the CBD Secretariat: Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 Country Dossier: Myanmar, 2021.
Marine: 0.06% of an area not stated in source, its area not stated by the source; as of 2021-07.
National records as quoted in the CBD Target 11 dossier; the denominator is not stated. Source: UNEP-WCMC with the CBD Secretariat: Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 Country Dossier: Myanmar, 2021.
National inventory, as of 2021-07: 46 protected areas, 4,115,096 ha.
National records as of July 2021: 42 terrestrial and 4 marine protected areas (40,764.71 and 391.26 km2 converted to hectares; total is their sum). The same dossier lists 53 areas in the WDPA in May 2021, not used here.
Source: UNEP-WCMC with the CBD Secretariat: Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 Country Dossier: Myanmar, 2021.
Selected programmes, each with the basis its source states. Amounts are programme or fund totals, not annual protected-area receipts, and are not added together or converted between currencies.
Strengthening Sustainability of Protected Area Management (GEF-5, UNDP), 2014-09-09.
Amount: USD 6,027,397 (GEF grant only). Administrator: UNDP. Scope: Terrestrial protected-area system: representation, management effectiveness, monitoring, enforcement and financing. Status: Completed per GEF record.
Source: Global Environment Facility: Strengthening Sustainability of Protected Area Management (GEF ID 5159), 2014-09-09.
Ridge to Reef: Integrated Protected Area Land and Seascape Management in Tanintharyi (GEF-6), 2017-04-03.
Amount: USD 5,250,000 (GEF grant). Administrator: UNDP. Scope: Key Biodiversity Areas in Tanintharyi. Status: Cancelled per GEF record (the page shows 30 Oct 2024 in one field and 28 Jan 2025 in another).
Source: Global Environment Facility: Ridge to Reef: Integrated Protected Area Land and Seascape Management in Tanintharyi (GEF ID 6992), 2017-04-03.
Enhanced Transparency Framework capacity project (GEF-7, UNEP), 2020-07-02.
Amount: USD 1,418,450 (GEF grant, concept approved). Administrator: UNEP. Scope: Climate transparency reporting executed by the Environment Conservation Department (not a protected-area project). Status: Cancelled 2021-10-13 per GEF record.
Source: Global Environment Facility: Strengthening Myanmar's capacities for the Enhanced Transparency Framework (GEF ID 10380), 2020-07-02.
World Bank hold on disbursements, 2021-02-01.
Amount: not stated (No amount stated in source). Administrator: World Bank. Scope: All World Bank operations in Myanmar. Status: Hold from 1 Feb 2021 per the statement; later status not verified on an opened page.
Source: World Bank: Developments in Myanmar, 2021-02-01.
Norway state-to-state knowledge programmes (incl. environment and climate), 2021.
Amount: not stated (NOK 66.5 million allocated in the 2021 aid budget to this cooperation (not converted)). Administrator: not reported. Scope: Cooperation between Norwegian and Myanmar public institutions. Status: Frozen after 1 Feb 2021 per search snippet.
Source: Government of Norway (regjeringen.no): Update on Norwegian assistance to Myanmar.
Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas in Myanmar (WCS report, EU-funded research), 2015.
Amount: not stated (Share of national budget: 0.2 percent funds the 36 protected areas then in place). Administrator: WCS. Scope: Financing diagnosis. Status: Report of 2015, before the 2021 events.
Source: Newswise / Wildlife Conservation Society: Report: Myanmar's protected areas are facing critical funding shortages (WCS, Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas in Myanmar), 2015-10-15.
Comparable C-RISK/readiness and delivery scores. No country calibration or model assessment authorized for Southeast Asia.
Current annual national PA financing need, agency budget and gap. No validated cost rate, executed agency budget or complete current funding inventory was verified; programme totals cannot fill these fields.
Complete park, carbon and legal-event inventories. Selected national documents do not establish complete inventories, status-change (PADDD) histories or park observations.
Research limit. No IMF Article IV since the 2019 consultation, so fiscal context is unknown; land area and marine denominator are not stated by the coverage source.
Research limit. No official protected-area inventory after July 2021 and no verified institutional changes after the July 2025 dissolution of the State Administration Council; conflict-zone status of Kachin and Sagaing parks rests on secondary reporting.
Canopy’s country readiness score (C-RISK) and its PACE management scores cover Africa today. They have not been published for Myanmar.
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