U Aung Myint

U Aung Myint was a teaching staff and research scholar/leader at Departments of Botany, Marine Biology and Marine Science at Mawlamyine University between 1972 and 1989. In 1995, he founded the Renewable Energy Association of Myanmar (REAM), a local environmental NGO which works to educate the public and increase awareness of environmental and renewable energy resources. REAM implements grassroots projects to fulfill basic community energy needs by networking with international, government, and local organizations for the development of Myanmar villages while advocating for conservation and management of the surrounding natural resources.

U Aung Myint was a member of Myanmar’s National Energy Management Committee (2013-15) and is a member of the National Renewable Energy Committee on behalf of REAM established in February 2019, and a member of the National Science, Research and Innovation Council founded in March 2019. He also serves on the Ph.D. Supervision Board of the Marine Science Department of Mawlamyine University, the Central Committee of the Forest Resource Environment Development Association, and he is a lifetime member of the International Society of Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME).