Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)

Created by Ingrid Nesheim, Bente M. Wathne, Bo Ni, Zaw Lwin Tun.The NWRC adopted in 2014 an important policy framework entitled, the National Water Framework Directive (NWFD). This policy framework, inspired by the EU WFD covers principles such as river-basin management, good ecological status of water bodies, integration, and s...

 Created by Ingrid Nesheim, Zaw Lwin Tun, Toe Aung, Hla Oo Nwe.An important aim of the IWRM Institutional Building and Training project is to pilot test the river basin management approach in Myanmar. The purpose is to investigate how cooperation between different sectors on river basin level, including stakeholder participation...

Created by Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).The aim of this report is to characterize the Bago Sub-basin, located in the Bago Region in the south-central part of Myanmar.The report presents the different characterization steps, including methods for identifying water use and water users, economic analysis of water usage, monitorin...

​Created by Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).The purpose of the report is to present some first recommendation for the development of Myanmar ecological quality criteria using the system of the EU Water Framework Directive (EU WFD) as baseline, with main focus on the characterization and classification processes. As back...

Created by Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).The report is one of the deliverables of the project Integrated water resources management – Institutional building and training. The main purpose of the report has been to achieve improved knowledge about aquatic biodiversity and water chemistry in Inlay Lake, and to give an e...

Created by By Zaw Lwin Tun, Bo Ni, and Sein Tun and Ingrid Nesheim.The purpose of this report is to present a proposal for how an administrative approach based on River Basin Management can be implemented in Myanmar. The Sittaung River Basin has been used as an example area to investigate how the basin can be administered a...

Created by Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA). This report presents over five chapters information on, International IWRM frameworks and key elements for a modern water law;  an overview of the current relevant environmental policies and laws in Myanmar;  recommendations on key issues rel...