28 JUN 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - With the cultivation mainly done through irrigation system in Kyaukse township in Mandalay region, a total of 56,207 acres of monsoon paddy will be grown in Kyaukse township whereas 41,972 acres of the same will be grown in Singaing township.&...
Myinmu rural water supply project completed 97pc
26 JUN 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - The rural water supply project has been completed 97 per cent in Magyikan village and Taw Chaung Oo village in Myinmu township in Sagaing district, said Daw Htar Htar Yee, the township head of the Rural Development Department. In order to ensu...
Bio-based value chain analysis for sustainable mangrove restoration in Ayeyarwady delta
Source: MIMU The mangrove forests of the Ayeyarwady Delta have sustained one of the highest deforestation rates in Myanmar. The cause of this loss has been primarily anthropogenic in nature, including agricultural land expansion and the harvesting of wood for fuel and construction purposes. The effe...
The Netherlands and Myanmar signed the grant agreement for Mandalay Pyigyitagun Water Supply Development Project
24 JUN 2020 - Source: Embassy of the Netherlands in Myanmar - The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is pleased to announce the grant agreement signing of Mandalay Pyigyitagun Water Supply Development Project. The Netherlands and Myanmar signed the grant agreement for Pyigyitagun Water S...
Environmental reports for New Yangon City project submitted to authorities
24 JUN 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The developer of the New Yangon City project says it has submitted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports covering five project proposals to the authorities.EIA reports for five proposals involving bridges, power, industrial estates, freshwater s...
Construction on China's BRI Deep Sea Port to Start Soon in Myanmar's Rakhine State: Govt
24 June 2020 - Source: The Irrawaddy YANGON—The construction of the China-backed Kyaukphyu deep-sea port will begin soon, as preparations on both the Myanmar and China sides are on track, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The project is a crucial part of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ...
Conservation group proposes marine national park on Rakhine coast
23 JUN 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - A local conservation group wants an island and a river in Rakhine State to be designated a marine national park to protect and conserve the area. The two sites are Nanthar Island and the Mayyu estuary in Sittwe and Rathedaung townships – the sixth...
Denmark supports mangrove restoration in Myanmar
20 JUN 2020 - Source: ScandAsia - The Danish embassy in Myanmar providing support to Mangrove restoration and rehabilitation in Rakhine State and Thanintharyi region on 17 June 2020. The official statement says: "Today, marks the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. In support to My...
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Hydropower Sector in Myanmar
This chapter outlines the status of hydropower development in Myanmar. In absence of a hydropower policy or plan in Myanmar, the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) will assess the existing hydropower plants and planned projects in the major river basins and sub-basins. The analysis firstly cov...
နာဂစ်အလွန် ဓမင်းဆိပ် Daminseik Beyond the Cyclone Nargis - အပိုင်း (၅)
အပိုင်း (၅) - ကိုယ်တိုင်လုပ်ကိုင်ဖူးခြင်းနှင့် လုပ်ဆောင်နိုင်ခြင်းသည် တန်ဖိုးအရှိဆုံးအရာများ ဖြစ်သည်။ ဓမင်းဆိပ်ကမ်းခြေကို ဘယ်လိုထိန်းသိမ်းမလဲ။ ဓမင်းဆိပ်ကမ်းခြေတွင် မိမိတို့ ရင်ဆိုင်နေရသည့် ပြဿနာမှာ လုပ်ငန်းအတွက် အဓိကကျသည့် အရင်းပစ္စည်းတစ်ခု အချိန်မရွေး ဘေးအန္တရာယ် ကျရောက်နိုင်သည့် အနေအထားတ...
Yangon presented with a flood hazard model
07 June 2020 - Source: Mizzima A consortium of partners led by Royal Haskoning DHV from the Netherlands and that includes HKV consultants, Joy Brothers Engineering and Water Bridge Myanmar, presented a Flood Hazard Model (FHM) to representatives of YCDC last week, according to Thura Swiss. Funded by...
Resettlement Plan - MYA: Yangon City Water Resilience Project
The project will address urgent urban resilience and water infrastructure needs associated with bulk water supply in Yangon. It will complement Yangon City's efforts to expand reliable and safe water service coverage to 80% by 2040. The project ourputs are (i) Resilient bulk water transmission ...
Setting water tariffs right: Considerations and approaches
Mandalay's water is not only the cheapest in Myanmar, but it also has some of the lowest tariffs in South East Asia. There have been attempts to rectify this. In brief, this paper describes: Governments must ensure access to water for all citizens as it is a right with far reaching social, pol...
Yangon water ferries to resume as usual starting from 1 June
31 MAY 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Yangon Pansodan-Dala water ferries will resume as usual starting from 1 June for the passengers to be able to travel conveniently, according to the Delta Division of the Inland Water Transport (IWT).The Pansodan-Dala jetty is the only gateway ...
Asia's plastic-polluted rivers pose a problem for Australia. So scientists are turning to drones
31 MAY 2020 - Source: ABC News - It's one of 10 rivers in the world that collectively contribute up to 95 per cent of plastic in the ocean. Running for more than 4,000 kilometres, the Mekong River flows through six countries, starting in China and making its way through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,...