Capacity Building in REDD+ Implementation in Shan State of Myanmar

Abstract

The impacts of climate change have been found evidently and globally in which the least developed countries are more vulnerable to climate change because of the limited capacity to address the issue by themselves. For this, those countries, like Myanmar, can take more efforts in climate change mitigation and capacity building through implementing REDD+ activities. Along with this, the programmes focusing on the capacity building of local people are essential so that it can either support the success and sustainability of REDD+ activities or develop the community oriented REDD+ programme. Therefore, we assessed the local people's capacity through gap analysis, factors affecting capacity building and extension, and highlighted the strength and weakness for future capacity building programmes in Shan State of Myanmar. We found that about 40% of local people knew about REDD+ although it was very new to local people three years ago. Even the local forest staffs still need to develop their skill in REDD+ techniques and implementation. But still there are some gaps to develop on REDD+ and related activities in capacity building programs.Some do or don't matter (e.g. Do two-way communication and avoid one-way communication or misleading) should be taken into consideration while doing extension.