Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (MAPDRR) 2017.

The Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction lays out the path that must be followed to make the country disaster resilient. It covers both natural hazards and man-made disasters and will be implemented through a people-centered and inclusive approach focusing on managing risks rather than managing disasters. The MAPDRR includes prioritized interventions until 2020 together with a long-term Vision to be implemented by 2030. The Vision aims to protect lives, economy, heritage and environment, through an inclusive approach towards sustainable development in Myanmar.
The Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction has four pillars and each pillar has a number of priority actions. The four pillars are aligned with four priority actions of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and they are (i) assessing disaster risk including extreme weather events and creating public awareness on DRR; (ii) strengthening disaster risk governance to reduce and manage risk; (iii) mainstreaming disaster risk reduction for resilient development; and (iv) enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and resilient rehabilitation and reconstruction.
To make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable, MAPDRR 2017 provides for (i) mainstreaming disaster and climate risk considerations into village development planning and implementation including infrastructure, livelihoods, agriculture and environment; (ii) developing a drought risk management program for improving disaster and climate resilience in the agriculture sector; (iii) Community level activities for risk reduction, such as revive/conserve water bodies, creation of water conservation/storage facilities, small scale forest areas creation, crop diversification and improving usage of flood and drought resistant crops, livestock diversification and alternate livelihoods, reducing shifting agriculture; (iv) identify a sustainable mountain farming; (v) enhance access to DRR good practices and technologies across the agriculture value chain (from seed production, to crop production, and post-harvest, etc.); and (vi) providing additional drought risk information especially for the agriculture (crop, livestock, fisheries) and forestry sectors since droughts (and related hazards and risks) could significantly affect key livelihoods.
To increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters, which is the main aim of the document, MAPDRR envisages III phases for the achievement of the goal (i) Phase I, until 2020, aims to create and strengthen systems and generate disaster risk information for undertaking risk reduction programs; (ii) Phase II, until 2025, will primarily focus on the application of risk information for risk reduction and it will build on the pilot interventions of phase I; and (iii) Phase III, until 2030, will draw lessons from risk reduction interventions of phases I and II based on the development trajectory.
As for the Governance, this sector cannot be separated from the governance of other, risks arising from climate change, environmental degradation, and overall development. Therefore, coordination is essential. The strengthening of disaster risk governance calls for a clear vision, plans, competencies, guidance and harmonization within and across sectors and at all levels, especially at sub-national one. Disaster risk governance is an integral part of the overall governance. Since it is a long-term process, a phased approach is necessary for creating an effective and efficient system.