Japanese firms offer to improve Yangon’s water infrastructure

20 Dec 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - Some 22 Japanese companies are to meet with Myanmar companies to explore possible partnerships in the operation and maintenance of the economic capital's water system. The companies will come to Yangon on a public-private partnership mission this month as part of ...

Myanmar Water Journal - December 2019

Myanmar Water Journal - December 2019 Welcome to the December edition of the Myanmar Water Journal. Providing you the latest news, insights, opportunities and events from the Myanmar water sector. Spotlights for News based on Water ThemesDecember Newsletter will be filled with3 min video - Climate C...

Consortium awarded funding to undertake Climate Adaptation Project in Thaketa

A consortium of eight companies and organisations has been awarded financial support from the prestigious Partners for Water innovation fund of the Dutch government to undertake a two-year climate adaptation pilot project in the township of Thaketa (Yangon). The multidisciplinary consortium consisti...

မြေအောက်မိုးရေလှောင်ကန်စီမံကိန်း

ဟောင်ကောင်မြို့၏ တောင်တန်းများဝန်းရံထားသော "Happy" မြေနိမ့်ပိုင်းတောင်ကြား ဒေသသည် မိုးများချိန်တွင် မကြာခဏရေကြီးရေလျှံမှုများ ကြုံတွေ့ရတတ်ပါသည်။ ဟောင်ကောင် မြို့၏ ယာဉ်ကြောအကျပ်တည်းဆုံးနေရာတစ်ခုတွင် အများပြည်သူနှင့်စီးပွားရေး လုပ်ငန်းများအား အနှောက်အယှက်အနည်းဆုံးဖြင့် ရေကြီးရေလျှံမှုပြဿနာကို ဖြေရှင်း...

The Business Platform in Myanmar’s Growing Water Industry – MyanWater 2019 was held in late November

MYANWATER 2019, the sixth edition of the Biggest International Water Industry Exhibition in Myanmar, was held from 28 to 30 November 2019 at the prestigious Myanmar Expo Hall by Fortune Plaza in Yangon. It was held concurrently with Myanmar's integrated infrastructure event, comprised of MYANBULD 20...

Myanmar's Urbanization : Creating Opportunities for All - Executive Summary (Burmese)

Abstract  Urbanization in Myanmar is still in an early phase with slightly less than one-third of the population living in cities. This presents an enormous opportunity for the country. Cities are engines of growth and prosperity, which facilitate industries to grow jobs, services and innovatio...

Myanmar's Urbanization - Creating Opportunites for All - Full Report (English)

Abstract  Urbanization in Myanmar is still in an early phase with slightly less than one-third of the population living in cities. This presents an enormous opportunity for the country. Cities are engines of growth and prosperity, which facilitate industries to grow jobs, services and innovatio...

Myanmar’s earth champions raise awareness about climate change

Source: Frontier Myanmar Date: 3 Dec 19 A small and passionate group of young activists is working in diverse ways to raise public awareness about the threat Myanmar faces from climate change. By NICOLE TU-MAUNG | FRONTIER ON A Sunday afternoon in September, hundreds of people gathered on the cobble...

Erasmus Mundus Programmes - IHE-Delft (2020 - 2022)

Erasmus Mundus deadlines: 15 January/15 February 2020​ An Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree is a prestigious, integrated, international study programme, jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions. IHE Delft is involved in three different Erasmus Mundus Joint M...

Sagaing works to conserve Tha Phan Seik Dam water

02 Dec 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Sagaing Regional government has set up conservation measures due to the low water level in Tha Phan Seik Dam, the biggest in Southeast Asia, to irrigate farms during the dry season, a senior regional agricultural official said Sunday. U Win Hlaing Oo, head of ...

Maritime trade up $216 mln as of 15 Nov

​25 Nov 19 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar - The value of Myanmar's maritime trade for the period between 1 October and 15 November in the 2019-2020 fiscal year totaled US$3.3 billion, an increase of over $216 million compared with the year-ago period, according to data provided by the Ministr...

Government closely monitors Bago wetlands

25 Nov 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - The government is closely monitoring a wetlands in Bago Region that irrigates nearby farmland and serves as a refuge for migratory birds, a Forest Department official said. Department officials are checking the water quality in the Moeyungyi wetlands, which is one...

MP demands a parliamentary enquiry into the landslide in Thae Phyu Kone village

23 Nov 19 - Source: Mizzima - Mon State, Paung constituency lower house MP Mi Kun Chan demanded in a parliamentary session convened on November 22 that an enquiry should be held into the landslide that occurred in Ma Latt hill, Paung Township, Mon State. MP Mi Kun Chan said in parliament session, "I...

Advanced cloud computing for water professionals in Myanmar using Google Earth Engine

From 4 To 15 November, a training was organized at Yangon Technological University by Dutch companies HKV and FutureWater on the use of satellite-derived data for water management in Myanmar. The 8-day training was organized under the framework of the Orange Knowledge Tailor-Made Training (TMT) Prog...

Myanmar Water Journal - November 2019

Myanmar Water Journal - November 2019 Welcome to the November edition of the Myanmar Water Journal. Providing you the latest news, insights, opportunities and events from the Myanmar water sector. Spotlights for News based on Water ThemesNovember Newsletter will be filled with"The Last Undamed River...

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