Publications from first (2015-2018) and second phase (2019-2023) of the programme

Ecological water quality status assessment

• Conservation of biodiversity and improved management of protected areas in Myanmar. Aquatic macrophytes and phytoplankton in Indawgyi Lake. NIVA-report 7253-2018 (2018)
• Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar. Assessing ecological status in Inlay Lake. NIVA-report 7301-2018. (2018)
• Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar. Water usage and introduction to water quality criteria for lakes and rivers in Myanmar. Preliminary report. NIVA-report 7163-2017. (2017)
• Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar. Assessing ecological status in Inlay Lake. Preliminary report. NIVA-report 7162-2017. (2017)
• Conservation of biodiversity and improved management of protected areas in Myanmar. Aquatic macrophytes and phytoplankton in Moeyingyi Reservoir, November 2015. NIVA-report 6975-2016. (2016)

Myanmar National Water Quality Laboratory

News Brief: The National Water Quality Laboratory, Nay Pyi Taw

The Myanmar National Water Framework Directive – implemented in selected Myanmar Sub-basins

Reports

• Framework notes and recommendations for Integrated Water Resource Management in Myanmar (2016). NIVA-report 7027-2016.
• A proposal for an administrative set up of river basin management in the Sittaung River Basin (2016). NIVA-report 7103-2016.
• Characterization of the Bago Subbasin Pilot implementing the EU Water Framework Directive (2017). NIVA-report 7194-2017
• Environmental objectives and abatement measures for a healthy Bago River, A contribution to the Bago River Sub-basin Management Plan (2018). NIVA-report 7271-2018.
• Bago River Sub-basin Management Plan. NIVA report 7290-2018
• Piloting river basin management in the Bago Sub-basin, experiences and recommendations (2018). NIVA-rapport 7304-2018.

Scientific Publications

• Ingrid Nesheim, Bente Wathne, Bo Ni and Zaw Lwin Tun (2016). Myanmar: Pilot introducing the National Water Framework Directive, Water Solutions vol. 1 2016 pp. 18-27.
• Ingrid Nesheim, Zaw Lwin Tun, Toe Aung, Hla Oo Nwe (2017). Pilot introducing the river basin management approach in Sittaung River Basin/Myanmar, Water Solutions vol. 3 2017 pp. 81-86.

Other

• Bago River Sub-basin Management Plan
• Policy Brief: The River Basin Management Approach in the Sittaung River Basin

Publications in Myanmar Language

• Bago Sub-basin Management Plan
• Assessing ecological status in Inlay Lake Preliminary report
• Framework notes and recommendations for Integrated Water Resource Management in Myanmar
• Water usage and introduction to water quality criteria for lakes and rivers in Myanmar Preliminary report