The governments of Myanmar, Japan and Thailand will be meeting over the troubled Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project that has stalled since 2013 for lack of funding.
Category: Myanmar
Myanmar issues tender for rooftop PV
The nation is targeting an unspecified capacity of solar PV systems to be installed on households and public facilities across several of its regions. The successful projects will be jointly financed by the World Bank and the government of Myanmar.
Myanmar hosts workshop for sustainability of diverse ecosystems
The workshop was part of a project to implement sustainable agricultural lands and forest resource management systems for different ecosystems.
Over 10,000 tons of illegal timber seized in four months
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation seized over 10,000 tons of illegal timber during four months of this fiscal year, with Sagaing Region topping the list with over 3,100 tons.
Faster implementation of power projects needed in Chin State
Among them, a Chinese company signed five MOUs with the state government in early July to carry out studies in Hakha, the state capital, as well as Matupi, Htantlang and Paletwa townships to build 30MW hydropower plants while a Norwegian company has so far invested US$50 million in three medium-scale hydropower projects of under 30MW to be built in Kanpetlet.
Increase Coal Power Plants in 2030 is Myanmar’s Goal
Their expected output would total up to 7,940 MW or 33% of their installed capacity (23,594 MW). This is a large scale upgrade since currently coal is just 2%.
Most of country’s tiger habitat ‘too dangerous to survey’
Only 10 percent of tiger habitat was included in the latest tiger population survey nationwide, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society-Myanmar.
The size of the tiger population is difficult to know exactly because some areas are off limits due to armed conflicts, which makes data collection dangerous.
A border economic zone will be soon built in Myanmar-China border
Myanmar-China joint economic zones will be constructed in Muse, Chin Shwe Haw and Kanpaiktee according to Union Minister for Commerce Dr. Than Myint.
Muse-Kyegaung will be set up as core zone, while Kyu Gote(Paingsang)-Wanding-Nwanyin (Kyeinseinkyaw)-Mantman (Shweli) will be for exporting products, manufacturing, processing and warehousing areas and the Saelan (Manthero)-Sailin and Namtkham-Naungtung as import processing and warehouse areas.
China-led port project inches ahead in Myanmar
The announced assessment appears to only concern the port, which would fail to examine the cumulative environmental and human rights impacts of a wider project that includes a SEZ.