Stuck at sea in the water prison

29 May 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times Ko Aung Ye Zaw has spent more than a year at sea, in a place he refers to as "the water prison." The water prison is a colloquial expression that refers to being stuck at sea, as a Myanmar sailor. Although sailors like Ko Aung Ye Zaw earn a good wage, they pa...

Over 170 traps found in Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary area

29 May 2020 - Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar A total of 172 traps, which can hunt deer and wild pigs, were found in April and May in Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary areas, according to wildlife sanctuary administration office. The Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary located in Minbu district is ove...

Coral reefs rise off Rakhine’s Manaung island

29 MAY 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Coral reefs are rising out of the water of Manaung island in the Bay of Bengal of Rakhine State but the phenomenon does not indicate an earthquake or tsunami is coming, a senior official of the Myanmar Earthquake Committee said. U Myo Thant, deputy committe...

Final Presentation of Flood Model for Yangon has been presented to Yangon City Development Committee

Flood hazard and flood risk model for Yangon has been completed in October 2019 to assist Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) to prepare measures to make Yangon more resilient into Climate Adaptation. Funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), a 7-month project of consortium partners le...

Govt seeks parliamentary approval for additional Dala Bridge loan

27 MAY 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times The Ministry of Construction last week submitted a proposal to Parliament for an additional US$20 million loan from South Korea for the construction of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship Bridge, or Dala Bridge. The loan, which will be drawn from Korea's Economic Develop...

Teddim faces water shortage

26 May 2020 - Source: Eleven Media Group Co.,Ltd. KALAY-Locals from Teddim Township, Chin State had water scarcity since the beginning of early December. "Water shortage occurred in early December. We have no enough to cook the rice. We have to carry water from a place about 5-mile away from our vil...

Why North Indian Ocean hotbed of cyclones

25 MAY 2020 - Source: the pioneer - According to NASA, the tropical cyclones are the most violent weather incidents on the earth. Each year, in the Northern Indian Ocean, half a dozen cyclones develop and sustain to hit the coastal boundaries of Myanmar, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The Bay...

YGN forest department to raise mangroves for disaster protection

23 May 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar ver 30,000 acres of mangrove forest will be raised to withstand the impact of natural disaster in Yangon region, according to the Yangon Region Forest Department. The department has planned to designate about 31,353 acres of mangrove as protected...

In Tanintharyi, an indigenous alternative to Big Conservation

22 May 2020 - Source: Frontier Myanmar Communities in biodiverse Tanintharyi Region are spurning big, top-down projects and seeking recognition for their own approach to conservation. By JACK JENKINS HILL | FRONTIER From its forested borderlands in the east to vast mangrove forests and hundreds of i...

နာဂစ်အလွန် ဓမင်းဆိပ် Daminseik Beyond the Cyclone Nargis - အပိုင်း (၄)

အပိုင်း (၄) နာဂစ်ကို မည်သူလက်ဆွဲကာ ခေါ်လာခဲ့သနည်း။ သမိုင်းတွင်သည့် မေလ ၂ ရက်နာဂစ်မုန်တိုင်းသည် ဘင်္ဂလားပင်လယ်အော်တွင် စတင်အခြေပြုကာ ကြီးထွားကျယ်ပြန့် လာခဲ့ရာမှ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဘက်သို့ ဦးတည်တိုက်ခတ်ခဲ့ရာတွင် အစဉ်အလာအရ ယခင်ကမုန်တိုင်းများ ဝင်ရောက်လာလေ့ ရှိခဲ့သည့် တောတောင်ထူထပ်ရာ ရခိုင်ကမ်းရိုးတန်းဘက်မှ မ...

Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuaries awarded Ramsar Site status

22 MAY 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - The Ramsar Convention, also known as the Convention on Wetlands, inscribed Myanmar's Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuaries as a Ramsar Site on 22 May, according to the convention's secretary office.The proposal to list as a Ramsar site was submitt...

MoALI discusses participatory irrigation management system

21 MAY 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar A conference on promoting Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) was held at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation yesterday. Union Minister Dr Aung Thu, Deputy Minister U Hla Kyaw, Permanent Secretary U Kyaw Min Oo, director-g...

Dolphin conservation campaign conducted in Ayeyawady

20 MAY 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Ayeyawady dolphin conservation poster and warning signs were erected in Ayeyawady region to protect and conserve the Ayeyawady dolphins. These activities are being carried out because people are selling the fish without obtaining the lega...

Warning about Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (AMPHAN)

19 May 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology released the report (14/2020) issued on 18 May afternoon and the Emergency Management Centre of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement also published its finding on this weather situati...

Ever Flow River Group to list on local bourse this month

19 MAY 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Logistics services provider Ever Flow River Group Public Co (EFR) will list on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) on May 28, according to an announcement filed with the local bourse. The company had been scheduled to list in March but this was delayed due to C...

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