Category: Myanmar
Myanmar’s war on nature
How four years of Myanmar’s brutal civil war is destroying land and natural resources
Charcoal trade fuels deforestation in northern Myanmar
War, economic challenges, and dwindling markets have pushed traditional tea farmers in northern Shan State into deforestation-linked charcoal production
Myanmar’s neglected soil crisis
Political turmoil, expanding extractive industries, and diminishing focus on sustainable agriculture are accelerating soil degradation across the country
Myanmar’s prized coastal wetlands under threat from escalating war
Conservation work grinds to a halt as Rakhine’s protected wetlands area gets caught up in the ongoing conflict