Tanintharyi’s lowland forests represent Myanmar’s last remaining habitat for tigers and other rare species. These and other surveys of the southern Tanintharyi region recorded 166 species that are considered threatened on the IUCN Red List.
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Myanmar fisheries sector nears collapse as orders tumble
“Exports have collapsed. All international orders have been cancelled and we have not received any new orders from the European Union (EU) since they are all locked down.”
Myanmar’s illegal timber trade continues despite COVID-19
Much of the timber logged illegally in Myanmar is transported overland to China, in violation of both countries’ domestic laws.
Water shortages in upper Myanmar
“In summer we can’t use the hand-dug wells, so we have to rely on artesian wells. We know it’s important to wash our hands to prevent COVID-19, but we have no water to wash with.”
China Pushes BRI Projects As Myanmar Rolls Out COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan
The projects discussed included New Yangon City, Kyaukphyu Deep-Sea Port and Industrial Zone and the China-Myanmar Border Economic Cooperation Zone.
Food security concerns mount as COVID-19 disruption leaves Myanmar farmers unable to plant
Travel restrictions have led to lower sales for farmers and resulted in significant losses for those who rely on loans, leading to a near collapse of Myanmar’s agricultural economy.
Germany to overhaul foreign aid policy
Germany plans a shakeup of its foreign aid, limiting its “partner” list to 60 nations and dropping Burundi and Myanmar. Minister Gerd Müller says knock-out criteria will be corruption, rights abuses and poor governance.
Campaigners call for transparency in Myanmar timber trade after 850 tons of wood seized
Despite a crackdown on illegal logging on the border between northern Myanmar and China’s Yunnan province last year, the government seized 850 tons of teak and other timer illegally logged the first week of April.
Researchers reconstruct drought variability from teak tree rings in Southern Myanmar
They found prolonged droughts occurred a dozen times in past 120 years and confirmed the huge potential to study long-term climate change and its impacts in the tropical regions of Southeast Asia.
Indigenous groups in Myanmar lash out at ‘restrictive’ conservation policies
Indigenous communities in Myanmar’s northernmost Hkakaborazi region claim that Forest Department oversight and regulations upended traditional approaches to resource management.