BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: NEW FRAMEWORK FOR INDIA- MYANMAR-CHINA

Representatives from the governments of India, China and Myanmar, in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), met in Nay Pyi Taw, to develop a framework for regional cooperation for promoting conservation and sustainable development in the Brahmaputra-Salween Landscape (BSL).The landscape includes parts of Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in India, parts of northern forest complex and six townships of Kachin state and Sagaing region in Myanmar, and Gaoligongshan region in Yunnan, China.

The landscape unit lies at the junction of three global biodiversity hotspots and is one of the areas with the richest biodiversity in the world, between two important river systems, the Brahmaputra and the Salween.