Myanmar making all out efforts in having Mount Popa included on UNESCO geoparks list

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar authorities are working towards the accession of the country's Mount Popa National Geopark to the UNESCO Global Geoparks list, an official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation said on Monday.

"After designating it as Mount Popa National Geopark in December last year, we are working to meet the requirements for the UNESCO Global Geoparks status," Daw Zin Mar Tun, deputy permanent secretary of the ministry, told Xinhua.