The study, published in the journal Cities, focussed on the Phu My Hung project in Vietnam, the Amarapura project in Myanmar and Boeung Kak Lake in Cambodia, and is the result of Dr Hawken’s engagement with recent calls from the United Nations for greater accountability in megaprojects globally.
Category: Myanmar
Humanitarian Groups in Myanmar Forced to Go Underground Amid Military Crackdown on Charity
In the country that once topped the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index, which ranks countries in terms of generosity, the military regime has made it a crime to give or receive charity, humanitarian workers said. Volunteers and aid workers are now targeted by the junta’s security forces under vague laws, and many have gone into hiding to continue helping the many needy.
Seven new species of begonia found in Myanmar
Begonia is one of the largest genera of flowering plants with over 2,000 species. They are found naturally in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.
Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine
Although there is a regulation that prohibits imports of Myanmar wood into the EU, companies take advantage of legal loopholes to evade it, says the Environmental Investigation Agency.
Hunger Stalks Many in Myanmar After Double Whammy of Coup And COVID-19
he 3.4 million threatened with hunger are mostly urban residents and are “over and above the 2.8 million people considered to be food insecure in Myanmar before the military takeover,” the U.N.’s food-assistance branch was quoted by the U.N.’s news agency on April 22.
Myanmar Junta Approves 15 Investments, Including US$2.5-Billion Power Project
The LNG project approved on Friday is likely to be the Chinese-backed Mee Lin Gyaing power project in the country’s Irrawaddy Delta, given the nature and estimated cost of the project.
Deadly Attack on Pipeline Station Spotlights China’s High Stakes in Myanmar
Now, following Wednesday’s deadly attack on a group of security personnel who were standing guard at the pipelines’ off-take station in Mandalay, China’s concerns will only have intensified.
Calls Grow to Cut Myanmar Junta’s External Financial Lifelines
“The largest inflows of foreign currency to the military are from the oil and gas and mining sectors. We need to totally shut off the flow of foreign currency that is keeping the junta alive,” a local economist who asked not to be named told The Irrawaddy.
Myanmar coup threatens Chinese power projects
Projects taken up by Chinese state-backed liquefied natural gas and solar energy companies would have been difficult to implement even before the Feb. 1 military takeover, insiders say. Now the coup has further complicated matters.
‘From complex to chaotic’: Myanmar coup shrinks frontline aid
Zau Lawn, a pseudonym for a 24-year-old divinity student in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State says, “I couldn’t tell [security forces] I was helping those who fled war. If the Burmese soldiers found me with humanitarian items, I am afraid that they would harm me.”