For Humanitarian Purposes Only - Production date : 21st October 2015 Mangrove Coverage Evolution in Rakhine State 1988-2015

This map illustrates the evolution of mangrove extent in Rakhine State, Myanmar as derived Bhutan

from Landsat-5 multispectral imagery acquired between 13 January and 23 February for Nepal Mindat 1988 and 30 January and 24 February for 2015 at 30m of pixel resolution. India China Town Bangladesh Bangladesh This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Town Viet Nam Myanmar 0 10 20 30 Kms Laos Taungpyoletwea Kanpetlet Town Town Thailand

Buthidaung Cambodia

Taungpyoletwea Maungdaw Kyauktaw Town Buthidaung Kyauktaw Maungdaw Kyauktaw Buthidaung Mrauk-U Town Maungdaw Mrauk-U Town Rathedaung Ponnagyun Minbya Pauktaw Sittwe Myebon Ann Ann

Mrauk-U Kyaukpyu Ma-Ei Kyaukpyu

Ramree Toungup Rathedaung Mrauk-U Munaung Munaung Toungup Town Ann

Ponnagyun Thandwe

Rathedaung Minbya Mindon Ma-Ei Town Town Town Gwa Gwa Ramree

Minbya Town Ponnagyun Town Pauktaw

Sittwe Pauktaw Town Sittwe Toungup Town

Myebon Town Myebon Ann

Toungup Town

Total Mangrove Coverage for the Township in 1988 and 2015 (ha)

Ann Town

Thandwe Town 280986 Thandwe 223506

Kyaukpyu 1988 2015 Town Mangrove Loss between 57480 ha 1988 and 2015

Kyaukpyu

New Mangrove area Kyeintali Town Remaining area 1988-2015 Ramree Decrease between 1988 and 2015 Town Ramree State Boundary Township Boundary Village-Tract Village Data sources: Toungup Landcover Analysis: UNOSAT Administrative Boundaries, Settlements: OCHA Munaung Gwa Town Roads: OSM Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 46N Contact: [email protected] File: REACH_MMR_Map_Rakhine_HVA_Mangrove_21OCT2015_A1 Munaung

Note: Data, designations and boundaries contained Gwa Town on this map are not warranted to be error-free and do not imply acceptance by the REACH partners, associated, donors mentioned on this map. Funded by

Rakhine South Rakhine North