“Mega-projects are located in the conflict zones. If these projects continue, armed conflict is unavoidable.”
Category: Myanmar
Chinese Companies Flocking to Southern Myanmar’s Industrial Complex Megaproject
Planning to transform Dawei into Southeast Asia’s largest industrial and trade complex, the 196-sq.-km project includes a deep seaport and is expected be a potential boon.
Salween diversion project enters troubled waters
Planned projects will divert water across Thailand, incorporating international river basins, including the Mekong and Salween, to address “water shortages” in Thailand.
Mercury monitoring in Myanmar gets a boost
Some 175,000 miners can inhale vapor from mercury burning or ingest the heavy metal as they eat fish contaminated with mercury runoff.
Palm Oil Labor Abuses Linked to World’s Top Brands, Banks
The workers AP interviewed came from Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, the Philippines and Cambodia, along with Myanmar.
International experts call for cooperation in sustainable development of Myanmar water facilities
It is obvious that insufficient water infrastructure is still a prominent factor constraining the development of Myanmar.
Western NGOs in Myanmar support anti-China campaigns
Local villagers hadn’t received a clear scientific understanding of the landscape and the value of dams and blindly believed NGOs.
Chinese companies dominate Myanmar solar tender
Unusually, most of the winners do not have significant experience as independent power producers:
China’s hunger for rosewood helps fund armed conflicts
Myanmar and Thailand have found themselves on the frontline to prevent illegal logging and the thirst for rosewood trees, prized in China for furniture.