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FDI is not allowed in the administration and maintenance of natural forest. According to amended Notification No. 1/2013 of the Myanmar Investment Commission, FDI is allowed in the following areas, as authorized by the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry: national parks; wood-based industries and related businesses; ecotourism; production businesses aimed at reducing carbon emissions; extraction (logging) on the basis of a long lease (reserved, protected public forest); breeding of genetically modified organisms and living modified organisms by importing and distributing these organisms; high technology research for the forestry sector, such as production and conservation of good quality teak; establishment of forest plantation (e.g. teak, hardwood, rubber, bamboo, rattan); development of high technology, research and human resources in forestry; extraction of natural resources in forest land and forest-covered land at the disposal of the Government; and importing, exporting, breeding, and production of plant and animal species.
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