A “one-sided decision. They seized our lands and they also destroyed all the crops on the farm.”
Category: Myanmar
Myanmar’s strategic coastline lures big Asian economies
China, Japan and India are aggressively backing new port projects in Myanmar, seeking to gain a foothold on the coastline of the geographically prized nation.
Phakant jade mining temporarily put on hold
A decade of large scale mining has left the region and its people utterly scarred due to environmental degradation and mining disasters.
EIA exposed – the campaign against Myanmar’s teak trade accused of making false allegations against innocent timber trader
Says Myannar’s General Manager of Marketing at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.
Foreign Developer Proposes 7,000-Acre Project in Sittwe
Foreign developer Gold Coast KTMG Myanmar has proposed a US$38 billion “new city” project in the suburbs of Sittwe, Rakhine State’s capital.
Govt Has Duty to Solve This: Kayah Farmers
More recently, they say, the military grabbed even more land, and on June 19—after the army erected fences that blocked routes to area farms—farmers protested.
Mekong SEZs talk, but yet to deliver on, ‘decent work’ for women migrant workers
A study has found that the potential exists for Mekong SEZs to support decent work for women who make up the vast majority of their workforces, but this has not yet been realized.
Working for a plastic-free future
Zero Plastic mainly distributes plastic alternatives from local and foreign sources rather than making its own products. Its main clients are hotels and restaurants, of which beach hotels seem to be the most interested.