Myanmar to fight climate change by protecting forests

Though it emits very little greenhouse gas – and what is emitted is offset by its forests – Myanmar is affected more than almost any other country in the world by climate change, the country’s delegates will tell the Paris climate conference.

About 20 Myanmar government officials are already in Paris or are on their way to make the government’s case to the United Nations Climate Conference, said U Nay Aye, director general of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry’s Environmental Conservation Department.

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