Myanmar - Global Tiger Initiative

Part 1: IntroductionPART 1: INTRODUCTIONMyanmar is a high priority country for biodiversity conservation in Asia with extensiveforested landscapes, high species diversity and endemism (Wikramanayake et al. 2001).This diversity ranges from rich alpine floras and tropical pine forests in the north, to drydipterocarp and mixed deciduous forest in central dry zone, to tropical rainforests in thePeninsular. Coral reef ecosystems in the Myeik Archipelago are among the least disturbed inthe region.Unique to the region natural forests in Myanmar cover a third of the country, includinglarge intact expanses with low human inhabitation (UNEP 1995). Prior to 1994 the countryhad