roe examined the degree to which biodiversitypoverty links have been recognised in ndps predominantly prsps but including other development plans listed by the world bank as the equivalent of prsps and found that just over show a relatively high level of recognition of the importance of biodiversity just under have a low level of recognition and fall in between just under half of the prsps reviewed have a relatively narrow interpretation of biodiversity the focus being on wildlife forests or protected areas but some interpret biodiversity in a broader sense noting the importance of genetic resources eg dominica and agricultural biodiversity eg bangladesh nepal viet nam and others recognise the link between biodiversity and ecosystem services eg cambodia lao liberia uganda zambia following liberalisation myanmar has faced the need to revisit its policy directions and formulate new shortterm and longterm strategies oecd a