According to the UNODC report, China and Vietnam’s demand for pangolins is on the rise.
Category: Myanmar
The right to community forest in Tanintharyi Region
Heavy-handed government control and bureaucratic delays have stymied potential progress.
New report: Proposed Myanmar dam could displace thousands
The research, Blocking the Bloodline, offers a dark contrast to the govt bright picture. Almost 7,000 people could be displaced if a dam is built along the river.
A waste of lives
All are casualties of Myanmar’s economic focus on resource extraction, routinely conducted without protection for workers or the environment.
Megaprojects a Double-Edged Sword for Myanmar
Experts warn the projects pose risks to the country if the government can’t manage them properly.
Beyond Myitsone: the sleeping Chipwi hydropower project
While national attention remains focused on the Myitsone dam, Frontier visits one of the six other mega-dams north of the Ayeyarwady River.
Myanmar’s Environmental Challenges
Plugging up still-free flowing major rivers such as the Irrawaddy and the Salween rivers blocks fish migration and stops sediments and nutrients flows from the Tibetan plateau.
Myanmar, Italy sign MoU to cooperate in water management and mechanized farming
Under the MoU, Italy will provide technical assistance for the establishment of irrigation technical center at the Shwehlanbo river in Mandalay.
Using Myanmar as major transit point, illegal wildlife trade spreads in region
Myanmar has become an important transit point for the illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).