Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association
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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Type | Society charity |
| Focus | Conservation, Biodiversity, Sustainable development |
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Burma |
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Research Environmental protection Environmental education |
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Chairman
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U Saw Tun Khaing |
| Website | banca-env.org |
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) is a Burmese non-governmental organisation established in the capital city Yangon. The society aims to conserve natural diversity and promote awareness. It remains the leading force in Burma for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
U Uga is the founder and the first chairman of BANCA. He is one of the foresters in Myanmar.
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association Living attempts to harmonise nature with its need for human in a sustaianable fashion, and to restore and maintain a healthy planet. The basic goals include conservation of nature, primarily biological diversity (genes, species, ecosystems) through actions based on surveys and research, partnership, network building, environmental education and public awareness, encouragement of stakeholder concept and improvement of rural livelihoods. To achieve the goals BANCA recruits members from various research fields including ornithologists, primatologists, botanists, marine biologists, herpetologists, medical doctors, and academicians.
BANCA has a long-term collaboration with international organisations such as BirdLife International, Ecoswiss, People Resources and Conservation Foundation and Fauna & Flora International; and also with major local organisations including Marine Science Association Myanmar (MSAM) and Rakhine Coastal Region Conservation Association (RCA). It has been in close partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of UK, with which it has completed 3 conservation projects, and 1 on-going (2012-2015).
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