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1 Curriculum Vitae 1 Name Naing Zaw Htun 2 Age (D.O.B) 41-year ( ) 3 Birth place Sittwe, Rakhine State 4 Religious Buddhism 5 National ID 11/Ma-U-Na(N) Passport No. OM Father name Hla Maung Thar 8 Mother name Thein Nu 9 Spouse Myat Su Mon 10 Job, Organization Deputty Director, Forest Department 11 Address Room-01, Building-1204, Danathidi Quarter, Nay Pyi Taw 12 Education B.Sc (Forestry) 2001, University of Forestry, Yezin, Myanmar; M.Sc (Forestry) 2008, Kyushu University, Japan; Ph.D (Forest Resource Management) 2011, Kyushu University, Japan 13 Work background From To Organization Job title Director s Office, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Range Officer Popa Mountain Park, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Ranger Officer Popa Mountain Park, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Staff Officer Director s Office, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Staff Officer Director s Office, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Assistant Director Present Director s Office, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Deputy Director 14. Foreign travels for trainings, workshops and meeitngs Time Country Particular From To Japan M.Sc. Course Japan PhD Course India Second Regional Workshop for South, East and Southeast Asia on Updating National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans Vietnam Southeast Asia Capacity Building Workshop on Indicators as part of NBSAP updating China 18th Annual Meeting of Working Group on Environment (WGE), Greater Mekong Subregion Philippines Project Development Workshop Singapore Regional Workshop on Reflecting the Global Strategy for

2 Time Country Particular From To Plant Conservation in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans Norway Meeting for Developing Myanmar-Norway Project: Conservation of Biodiversity and Improved Management of Protected Areas in Myanmar Republic of Regional Workshop for South, East and Southeast Asia on the Fifth National Report and Regional Scenario Analysis Republic of 2013 REDD+ International Sumposium for Post-2020 Climate Change Regime Japan First Asia Parks Congress India Third Regional Consultation Meeting of BSLCDI Japan REDD+ Symposium: Carbon Emission Reductions and Removals in Tropical Forests Indonesia Capacity-building workshop for Southeast Asia on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets Qatar 38th Session of World Heritage Committee India Regional Capacity Building Workshop on CITES Appendix II Listing of Sharks and Manta Rays Republic of Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Nepal Fifth Regional Consultation Meeting of BSLCDI India Mountain Forest Symposium: Transforming Mountain Forestry Indonesia ASEAN U.S Science and Technology Fellows Program Orientation and Launch Germany 39th Session of World Heritage Committee Thailand Pre-CoP Workshop for UNFCCC COP Singapore The 26th Wildlife Crime Working Group Meeting Thailand 36 th Thailand s Wildlife Symposium Canada Twentieth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 20) Thailand Capacity-building workshop for selected sub-regions of Asia on the restoration of forest and other ecosystems to support the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets Turkey 40th Session of World Heritage Committee Sri Lanka CITES South Asia Pre-CoP17 Workshop to discuss the proposed sharks and ray listings Vietnam Hanoi Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade Mexico High Level Segment of CBD CoP Thailand Study Tour to Tarutao Marine National Park Thailand First Steering Meeting and Inception Workshop of Indo- Burma Regional Ramsar Initiatives (IBRRI) Poland 41 st Session of World Heritage Committee

3 15. Publications Htun, N.Z Effect of protected area on forest vegetation and local people's responses (A case study in Popa Mountain Park, Myanmar). M.Sc Thesis. Kyushu University, Japan. Htun, N.Z Monitoring and evaluating protected area from the social and ecological perspectives: towards the effective protected area management (A case study in Popa Mountain Park, Central Myanmar). Ph.D Thesis. Kyushu University, Japan. Htun, N.Z., Mizoue, N., Kajisa, T. and Yoshida, S Deforestation and forest degradation as measures of Popa Mountain Park (Myanmar) effectiveness. Environmental Conservation 36 (3): Htun, N.Z., Mizoue, N. and Yoshida, S Tree Species Composition and Diversity at Different Levels of Disturbance in Popa Mountain Park, Myanmar. BIOTROPICA 43(5): Htun, N.Z., Mizoue, N. and Yoshida, S Classifying tropical deciduous vegetation: a comparison of multiple approaches in Popa Mountain Park, Myanmar. International journal of Remote Sensing. 32 (24): Htun, N.Z., Mizoue, N. and Yoshida, S Determinants of Local People s Perceptions and Attitudes Toward a Protected Area and Its Management: A Case Study From Popa Mountain Park, Central Myanmar. Society and Natural Resources. 25: Htun, N.Z., Mizoue, N. and Yoshida, S Changes in Determinants of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Popa Mountain Park, Central Myanmar. Environmental Management. 51: Mon, M.S., Mizoue, N., Htun, N.Z., Kajisa, T., Yoshida, S., Estimating forest canopy density of tropical mixes deciduous vegetation using Landsat data: A comparison of three classification approaches. International Journal of Remotesensing. 33: Mon, M.S., Mizoue, N., Htun, N.Z., Kajisa, T., Yoshida, S., Factors affecting deforestation and forest degradation in selectively logged production forest: a case study in Myanmar. Forest Ecology and Management. 267 : Htun, N.Z Biodiversity in Myanmar: An overview. Global Biodiversity volume 1 Asia. Apple Academic Press. (In press)

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