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Eanet National Awareness Workshop in Myanmar Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia EANET NATIONAL AWARENESS WORKSHOP IN MYANMAR EVENT REPORT Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 24-25 February 2020 1 2 3 Background - Venue - Agenda INTRODUCTION Opening Remarks - Sessions 1 to 6 DISCUSSION Workshop Evalutation Results EVALUATION CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND The Secretariat for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET), in collaboration with the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH), the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), organized the EANET National Awareness Workshop in Myanmar from 24-25 February 2020 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A total of 60 delegates and participants from different sectors, such as agriculture, industry, transport, forestry, agriculture, health, and education, as well as policy makers attended the workshop. They consisted of representatives of government officials, civil society organizations, development agencies, universities and the private sector. The two days’ workshop aimed at facilitating sharing and learning platforms and to increase understanding of issues related to the prevention of air pollution, as well as increase knowledge and understanding of workshop participants in managing air quality in their work. VENUE Hotel Royal Aster, Nay Pyi Taw Address: Block 15/ 16, Taw Win Yadanar Road, National Guest House Compound, Dekhinathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. AGENDA 1 w “In order to solve the pollution, we need to review the relevant national policies and legal framework, linking with existing and upcoming laws, policies and regulations to detect and monitor current on pollution sources constantly. It is also required for preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally through its monitoring and assessment activities linked to advanced technology,” Mr. U Thant Sin Maung, Union Minister for Ministry of Transport and Communications, Myanmar in his Welcome Remark during the Opening Ceremony of the National Awarness Workshop. DISCUSSION w DISCUSSION Opening Remarks to all relevant stakeholders on the importance of capacity building The Union Ministers for and integrated approaches the Ministry of Transport for national and international and Communications, cooperation in implementing the Deputy Ministers for the sustainable development of the Ministry of Transport the environment. Moreover, he and Communications, believes that EANET activities are and the Ministry of playing a critical role in providing Natural Resources and a better understanding of the Environmental Conservation, consequences of air pollution and Permanent Secretaries for acid deposition on human health the Ministry of Transport and the natural environment. and Communications, the Ministry of Natural Mr. Tomi Haryadi, Coordinator Resources and of Secretariat for the EANET, Environmental Conservation, mentioned EANET has been and, the Ministry of continuously working to respond Education, Head of to rising concerns on the acid Departments, attended deposition. It has been done by the Opening Ceremony. providing reliable monitoring data Representatives from the and assessment, strengthening Secretariat for the EANET, the capacity of relevant officers Network Center, government and policymakers through training, officials, academicians, non- research, awareness events, and government organizations dissemination of information. and representatives from With the strong support of its the private sector also participating countries, EANET has participated in the Opening made various contributions to the Ceremony. improvement of acid deposition in the region. In his Welcome Remarks, Mr. U Thant Sin Maung, Union Minister for Ministry of Transport and Communications, mentioned that air pollution, especially transboundary haze pollution, has become the most prominent and pressing environmental problem in the ASEAN region. The Minister emphasized the need to take response actions for climate change mitigation measures, raising awareness 2 - Air quality monitoring linked to Session 1 - EANET: public health conducted by the inter-governmental Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports, and Cooperation – Status related research. It was informed that and Development acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites Participants learned about contributed by air pollution are one EANET, activities and benefits for of the leading causes of morbidity participating countries, includ- of children under five-year-old in Myanmar (2016). ing Myanmar. They also received information on the upcoming development of EANET and how Session 3 - Current the changes help all participating Situation and Challenges countries. in Myanmar on Acid Participants were informed that Deposition and Air researchers were offered the opportunity to be selected to Pollution: Policy Actions receive the EAENET Research to Tackle Acid Deposition Fellowship 2020. More informa- tion could be obtained from the Issues in Myanmar National Focal Point of Myanmar. Participants learned about: - Air quality monitoring and national environmental policies in Myanmar. Session 2 - Overview: Currently, the Environmental Climate Change, Acid Conservation Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Deposition, and Air (MONRE) are conducting assessment monitoring reports for ambient and Pollution emission of air quality in each state, Participants learned about: region, and Union territory. - The linkages between air pollution and health impact - Air pollution is one of the leading and acid deposition on human environmental issues in Myanmar health, particularly on the due to pollutants from automobiles, sources, exposure, and health industrialization, transboundary haze outcome. and others. The release of several harmful gases from such sources is - Climate change effects causing the whole atmospheric air on acid deposition and pollution. To overcome, it requires air pollution in Myanmar. coordination and cooperation with Given the fact that climate the relevant multi-stakeholders change and air quality are and organizations to mainstream closely related, reducing and environmental consideration into eliminating various sources all of the development processes, of air pollution, would help in enhancement capacity, environmental mitigating climate change’s sound, innovative technology and impact. institutional strengthening to mainstream environment preservation. DISCUSSION Session 4 - Acid Session 5 - Acid Deposition and Air Deposition and Air Pollution Monitoring Pollution Monitoring Activities in Myanmar Activities in EANET Participants learned about: region - Clean Development Mechanism Participants learned about EANET of Myanmar. It was informed that acid deposition and air pollution the increasing number of vehi- monitoring activities in the region, cles in Myanmar has increased major air pollutants measured traffic congestion in Yangon, by EANET, monitoring sites, data resulting in a growing number analysis and reporting. Participants of air pollutants such as NOx, CO, also learned about the activities of PM, and HC. the Network Center and the benefits for the participating countries. - Participants learned about acid deposition and air quality mon- Session 6 – itoring activities in Myanmar Preventive Air conducted by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrolo- Pollution Measures gy, Myanmar. As part of EANET, Participants learned about: Myanmar has been conducting - Preventive air pollution measures acid deposition monitoring on based on China’s experience and different sites, including wet, dry, from their own experience. PM2.5, and atmospheric mercury monitoring. In the future, Myan- - The recent evidence on the health impacts of air pollution (from APCAP mar would like to extend some of training module), the 25 Clean Air its monitoring stations, develop Solutions and how APCAP works monitoring of inland and aquatic with countries to tackle air pollution environment and soil and veg- problems. etation. To improve the perfor- mance, Myanmar needs support - The source of air pollutants from on equipment for measurement the agricultural sector and the of acid deposition and air quality, impact on the crop yield. and capacity building for respon- sible staff. Session 7 - Group Discussion for Air - Participants learned about engaging the private sector in Quality Monitoring the environmental management and Improvement processes and relevant agencies to be involved in the public con- Participants shared and sultation process. discussed the challenges, opportunities and potential solutions on air pollution and acid deposition problems on the ground. 2 Based on workshop evaluation results, in general, participants were satisfied with the workshop design and approach, particularly on the duration, time allocation, balance between presentation and discussion, and development of topics of the sessions. The majority of the participants also viewed that there was a clear overview of the issues related to the prevention of air pollution and relevant regional/ national/ local initiatives and framework. A suggestion was made to include in the presentations more practical examples of air quality- related work on the ground, particularly concerning Myanmar’s scope and context. EVALUATION EVALUATION Workshop Content Enough opportunities for networking and sharing ideas Useful reference material Appropriate guidance during individu- al and group exercise Clear understanding on current situ- ation of air pollution and acid deposi-
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