Description: This is an open call for the Solutions Search: Meaningful Youth Engagement in ADB's Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program (GMS SAFSP). This contest is a solution-sharing platform for youth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Through the form ...
Heavy rains and strong winds toppled a pagoda in Pwint Phyu Township, knocking down a number of large trees
19 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - On the night of October 16, heavy rains and strong winds in Magway Region knocked down the pagoda pillar in Pwint Phyu Township and knocked down several large trees along the road leading to the pagoda.Heavy rain fell in most townships in Magway Region f...
Heavy rains flooded Saku People's Hospital and lower areas of Sin Phyu Island
19 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - Due to heavy rains in Magway Region, on October 17 at Saku General Hospital. On October 18, the floodwaters inundated houses in the lower parts of Sin Phyu Island.Heavy rains fell in most townships in Magway Region from October 14 to October 17, when a s...
Indigenous understanding of Salween River key for biodiversity
Source: The Third Pole - By Saw John Bright - As the first part of COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity convenes, decision makers must recognise that free-flowing rivers are essential to Indigenous understanding of reality and the preservation of biodiversity. This week, governm...
Heavy rains in parts of Yangon cause floods
8 October 2021 - Source: Eleven Media - Heavy rains have been reported in some parts of Rangoon since October 7 at around 1pm.The floods occurred in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township. The incident took place in Tamwe Township and flooded shops and houses.In front of Yuzana Plaza, Mingalar Tau...
မိုးလေဝသဆိုး - ရာသီဥတု ပြောင်းလဲမှုနဲ့ ဘာတွေ ပတ်သက်လဲ
Source: BBC - လတ်တလော ကာလအတွင်း ကမ္ဘာပေါ်မှာ အပူလှိုင်းဖြတ်တာတွေ၊ ရေ အကြီးအကျယ်ကြီးတာတွေနဲ့ တောမီးလောင်တာတွေကို ပိုမို ကြုံလာရချိန်မှာ အခုလို အပြင်းအထန် ရာသီဥတုဆိုးရွားမှုတွေနဲ့ ကမ္ဘာ့ရာသီဥတုဖောက်ပြန်မှုတို့ ဆက်စပ်နေတယ်ဆိုတဲ့အချက်ကို လူသားတွေ နဖူးတွေ့ ဒူးတွေ့ ကြုံလာရပါတယ်။ ကမ္ဘာပေါ်မှာ စက်မှုထွ...
Join the online training on Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP)
LEAP, shorthand for the Low Emissions Analysis Platform, is a powerful, versatile software system for integrated energy planning and climate change mitigation assessment. Developed at SEI US, LEAP (originally the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System) continues to evolve and improve. LEAP i...
Water Tech Spotlight: the latest technology developments in the water industry | August 2021
Source: IWA - Technological solutions and innovations are essential to secure a water-wise future. Water Tech Spotlight is a monthly blog which aims to highlight the latest technology developments in the water industry globally. Scroll down to find out more. 1. ECO-FRIENDLY HYDRORESTTING PLASTI...
7 important conclusions from World Water Week
28 Aug 2021 - Source: Stockholm International Water Institute - All over the world, people have been shocked by unprecedented floods, droughts, and heatwaves, hard on the heels of COVID-19. By now it should be clear to everyone that we need to build resilience faster. World Water Week 2021 offe...
Join the six-month Young Water Diplomat Program - IHE-Delft
The relevant documents should be submitted before Sep 30, 2021. The Young Water Diplomats Program provides diplomats and professionals with a background in foreign affairs, international relations or international law with relevant and up-to-date knowledge about water, the various challenges water r...
Integrated Flood Resilience Strategy for Yangon City 2021-2040
Background Myanmar's city of Yangon is the largest financial and commercial centre. It accounts for about 50% of the country's industrial capacity, and is the seat of education, art, culture, healthcare, tourism, research and development. Population growth and rapid urbanisation ...
River Water Level Dashboard
Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit - The dashboard is created by Myanmar Geoinformatics Society, shows updates on rising water levels in Myanmar's main river systems. Link to dashboard: https://themimu.info/river-water-alerts
Myanmar Flood Monitoring Dashboard
Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit - The UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) dashboard uses Sentinel-1 radar satellite data to provide projections of likely flood-affected areas using Artificial Intelligence model. Users can select the time period of interest to view Inundated areas...
No help from junta as floods sweep southeastern Myanmar
Local aid groups and volunteers say they have led rescue efforts in Mon and Kayin states 28 July 2021 - Source: Myanmar Now - Junta-controlled authorities have offered no help as floods have inundated homes in southeastern Myanmar, leaving at least hundreds without shelter in the Mon State ca...
Call for applications for the 2022 Nippon Foundation Fellowship - The United Nations
The call for applications for the 2022 Fellowship Programme is open until 24 September 2021 Objectives The United Nations – Nippon Foundation Fellowship provides Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing States with advanced training on ocean affairs and the ...