Climate Vulnerability Assessment

Description of Project:

Myanmar and Denmark were currently implementing a Country Programme 2016-2020 for Myanmar, with the thematic focus on “Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth”.  The Denmark Climate Envelope provided additional support to build climate resilience in climate-vulnerable countries such as Myanmar. Under this overall framework, a specific Development Engagement of the Climate Envelope supports climate change adaptation and resilience-building through rehabilitation and sustainable management of mangrove forests in coastal areas of Myanmar (the CCA Engagement).

 The Forest Department (FD), implemented the CCA Engagement in Rakhine State, with additional minor activities in Tanintharyi Region (where mangrove forests were still in a relatively healthy state). Degraded mangrove forests were rehabilitated in Rakhine State, and coastal communities supported to build climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods, as well as being involved in co-management arrangements related to mangrove management.

 Vulnerability assessment of those communities with the aim to identify areas of intervention and prioritize resilience-building opportunities, included few selected communities consisting of mixed ethnicities and different religious groups outside of the target areas. The total number of villages was covered by the VA is estimated 34 villages in Sittwe District, Kyauk Phyu District and Myiek District.

 Description of Actual Services Provided:

  • Compiling VA tools and best-practices from the region, and adapting them to specific geographic conditions of selected districts in Myanmar.

  • Developing survey methodology in collaboration with FD core project officials.

  • Actively participate in and provide technical inputs to a workshop on finalizing the survey methodology, identification of key government and FRI staff to be included in the VA team, and implementation planning, including testing of methodology;

  • Mobilized and trained of the full VA team (in collaboration with the CCA team) on data collection and assessment, community consultation, community facilitation, including government staff from FD, ECD and FRI

  • Conducted stakeholder’s consultation/dissemination on VA in the target areas

  • Conducted Reconnaissance fieldtrip to test and adjust methodology and survey tool.

  • Conducted VA assessments in communities following the final agreed methodology;

  • For each community, documented each specific data collection event in agreed formats including delivery of complete raw data sets in agreed formats.

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