Category: Myanmar
Myanmar at risk from worsening climate crisis
Myanmar has been one of the three countries most affected by weather-related damage (storms, floods, heat waves etc.) in the last two decades, according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2019.
Shan people opposes IFC’s study promoting dams in Namtu river: NGO
The Shan people are opposing a study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, because it promotes the building of dams on the Namtu River.
NASA pioneers malaria-predicting tech in Myanmar
But the country still has a higher prevalence than its neighbors in the Mekong region as several drug-resistant strains are taking hold across Southeast Asia.