Cover - Chapter 6...Letter of Transmittal: Dear Sir, We are pleased to submit to your agency the Final Report on ?The Study on Integrated Mangrove Management Through Community Participation in the Ayeyawady Delta in the Union of Myanmar?. This report presents the results of all the studies conducted in both Myanmar and Japan over a three-year period from February 2002 to March 2005. The study formulated an integrated mangrove management plan (IMMP), with a total project period of 40 years starting from 2005 with the overall goal of establishing "coexistence of vivid mangrove vegetation and people?s lives" in the study area through the rehabilitation of degraded mangrove forests and livelihood improvement of the local people by various community forestry activities under the authorization of the Community Forestry Instruction . We believe that implementation of this holistic plan will contribute much to improve the natural environment and socio-economic situation in the study area. We, therefore, hope that the Myanmar government will soon commence implementing the integrated mangrove management plan and follow the implementation schedule presented in this report. Finally, we wish to express our deep appreciation and sincere gratitude to your agency, the Advisory Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Embassy of Japan in Myanmar, the JIC A Myanmar Office, and the Government of the Union of Myanmar for the close cooperation and assistance extended to us during our study..."