Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 10 February, 2018 The Fisheries Department and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) of Myanmar will conduct a survey and research on the activities of Ayeyawady dolphins from Mandalay to Bhamo in Ayeyawady river on 6 February. The trip is scheduled to...
De Nora Water Technologies To Improve Quality Of Water Supply For 60,000 Households In Mandalay
Source: Water Online Date: 9 February, 2018 Photo- Google This is part of an agreement signed in September 2016 with Tobishima Cooperation for the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar at 1.797 billion yen to enhance the water supply systems in Mandalay with the installation of ne...
Hydrological data audit and capacity building in data management, Myanmar
The datasets needed for informed evidence-based decision making in the Ayeyarwady Basin, Myanmar, have historically been dispersed across several agencies, storied in various formats and of unknown quality. The Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) and the HydroInformatics Centre (HI...
The Value of the Ayeyarwady River: Update on WWF ‘River in the Economy’ Project.
Photo- @WWFMyanmar (Twitter) Introduction Recently, I met Hannah Baleta from WWF Myanmar. She kindly explained about her work in Myanmar, in particular the current project, 'River in the Economy' along the length of the Ayeyarwady River. Hannah has readily built up her local knowledge and exp...
Dokhtawady River resorts still waiting for expansion plan OK
Source: The Myanmar Times Date: 2 February, 2018 Many small resorts on the Dokhtawady River in Pyin Oo Lwin township, Mandalay Region, are still waiting for approval of plans to expand into surrounding farmland, said officials of the Mandalay Region Hluttaw Natural Resources and Environmental ...
Mandalay tightens up on factory waste disposal
Source: The Myanmar Times Date: 1 February, 2018 The Mandalay regional government will penalise manufacturers that fail to draft and implement environment management plans (EMP) within a year, officials said. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Conservation on January 10 issued ...
Ayeyawady dolphins’ protection zone to be extended
Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 30 January 2018 The Fisheries Department is planning to extend the dolphin protection zone along the Ayeyawady River to conserve the rare species more effectively.Currently, the Ayeyawady dolphin protection area is 72 kilometres wide, extending from Min...
Ayeyarwady River navigation project to start in February
Source: The Myanmar Times Date: 22 January, 2018 Construction work will begin in February as part of the Ayeyarwady River Navigation Enhancement Plan from Mandalay to Nyaung-U. The construction is one of three focuses of the Ayeyarwady Integrated River Basin Management Project (AIRBMP), which will b...
Mandalay waterway improvement project to begin next month
Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 22 January, 2018 In a bid to facilitate the mooring of vessels and ships to the Mandalay port, authorities will start work on the Mandalay waterway improvement system in February. This is one of the three programmes that is a part of the ayeyawady ...
Endangered Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Katha
Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 11 January, 2018 The carcass of an Irrawaddy female dolphin was found in the Ayeyawady River, according to an official of Katha Township's Department of Fisheries."We received information that one Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead near the Aung Chan...
Mandalay Region increases water charges and scales up access
Source: mmtimes Date: 5 Jan, 2018 Eight thousand water meters will be installed free of charge in Pyigyitagun township with a total of US$20 million funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA), according to Mandalay City Development Committee(MCDC). The committee will also increa...
Taungthaman Lake hosts fewer migratory birds this year
Source: mmtimes Date: 2 Jan 2018 The number of migratory birds visiting Taungthaman Lake in Mandalay Region, a prime place to watch rare birds in Myanmar, has significantly dropped, according to birdwatcher U Zay Maung Thein of Mandalay. In addition to Taungthaman Lake in Amarapura township, fewer ...
Rivers are invaluable to South East Asia
Source: mmtimes, 26th October2017 How many different ways can you measure a river? By its length and how many countries it passes through? The volume of water flowing along its course? The number of species it supports? Perhaps the most important – and largely overlooked – measure of a river is its...
50 villages & 1700 acres of land destroyed after Sedawgyi Dam overflows in Region
Source: mmtimes,19th October 2017 Heavy floods triggered by overflowing water at Sedawgyi Dam has devastated some 50 villages and also destroyed croplands. According to local villages, the incident that occurred on October 14 in Madaya township in Mandalay Region, was the worst flood to hit the area...
WWF-Myanmar study aims for sustainable use of Ayeyarwady
Source: mmtimes, 24th October 2017 WWF-MYANMAR is undertaking research on the sustainable use of Ayeyarwady River that could maximize its benefits for the country's economy and people living along the coastal areas. Link: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/wwf-myanmar-study-aims-sustainable-use-ayeya...