The park is situated at the delta region of Irrawaddy River at the edge of the Bay of Bengal.
The park is designed for mangrove restoration in Myanmar to overcome losses of 1 million Hectares since 1980.
[2] Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park was started in 2012 by Arne Fjørtoft and Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar as a pilot project for large scale mangrove restoration worldwide based on three years research by WIF in co-operation with Pathein University and Myeik University.
During this period, additional land has been cleared for planting of 1 million mangrove trees in 2016.
[5][6] An invitation to plant on 5,000 acres around Myeik area in Tanintharyi Region is in planning stage of Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, which is scheduled for a possible start in 2016, with a capacity to mitigate 6 million tons CO2.