The famed tourist spot with floating gardens and the graceful leg-rowing style of its fisherman is drying up and urgent action is needed to avoid disaster.
Category: Myanmar
The Controversial Myitsone Dam Projects: What China Should Do
China should publicly reveal the contract signed with the previous military regime, disclose the full list of people who may have taken bribes, and heed the voices of Myanmar’s citizens.
Myanmar Christian leaders join calls against Myitsone dam revival
Ongoing protests have brought together Catholic priests and nuns to demand an end to the controversial project that activists say will damage the environment displace thousands.
Myanmar: A New Pattern of China-Japan Interactions?
If Japan and China focus on different rail systems in Myanmar, can their division of labor create a new pattern for cooperation?
How Myanmar indigenous peoples defend their rights over natural resources
The Karen people also have been campaigning for more than a decade against the construction of the 1,365 MW Hatgyi Dam pushed by the Burmese government along with Thai and Chinese companies.
Orchid defenders face mammoth task
With few nurseries, Myanmar’s wild (illegally picked) orchids find their way to China, Vietnam and Thailand which are now in an orchid frenzy as their middle and upper classes are growing.
The great sand heist
The mining of sand from Myanmar’s rivers could be creating an environmental crisis with potentially serious consequences for the 34 million people who live in the Ayeyarwady River basin.