For a nation where 70% of the labour force works in agriculture, we know surprisingly little about how farming came to Myanmar. It is thought that it began in the Irrawaddy valley.
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Thailand: Southeast Asia’s Last Hope for Wildlife?
Thailand remains the region’s best hope for wildlife. Conservation efforts should focus on Thailand, and donors, scientists, and advocates need to get on board. Fast.
As West recoils, China surges south in Myanmar
China has seized on Myanmar’s renewed international pariah status to push forward its corridor ambition, recently signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the so-called “China-Myanmar Economic Corridor”, or CMEC.
Thousands of dead mussels pile up in Kyaukphyu Township
In the past, live mussels were found in the mud after water receded. Now locals who collect mussels are suffering from skin diseases also.
Coal plan sparks ire as Myanmar struggles to keep lights on
Opposition to a planned $3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Myanmar is highlighting the challenges facing ’s government in crafting a coherent energy policy in one of Asia’s poorest and most electricity-starved countries.
South Korean CSOs Want Government, Company to be Accountable For Lao Dam Disaster
Called for their government and the main partner in a joint venture to take responsibility for the deadly breach of an auxiliary dam at the South Korean-backed Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Laos.
Vietnam to increase environment fees on oil, petrol
Vietnam will apply higher environmental protection taxes on oil and petroleum products from Jan. 1, 2019 to increase tax collection by over 15,700 billion Vietnamese dong (682.6 million U.S. dollars) a year.
Don’t forget Sombath, says Shui Meng Ng, wife of disappeared Laotian activist
The unsolved case of disappeared Laotian development worker Sombath Somphone is brought to light in a documentary that is screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest in Malaysia
Activists blast Myanmar timber deal: ‘There is no transparency at all’
It’s a “shadowy agreement” made by the Myanmar government to allow the export of 5,000 tons of hardwood timber, including 3,000 tons of highly prized teak.