ကမ္ဘာကြီးစတင်အသက်ဝင်ခဲ့ချိန်မှစ၍ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ မျိုးသုဉ်းပျောက်ကွယ်ခြင်းဖြစ်စဉ်ပေါင်း အနည်းဆုံး ငါးခု ထိ ရင်ဆိုင်ခဲ့ရပြီးဖြစ်သည်။ ယခုမျက်မှောက်ကာလတွင်လည်း နောက်ထပ် မျိုးသုဉ်းပျောက်ကွယ်မှုဖြစ်စဉ်မျိုး သမုဒ္ဒရာထဲတွင် ထပ်မံပေါ်ပေါက်လာတော့မည့် အရိပ်အယောင်ရှိနေပေပြီ။ ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုသာ အရှိန်အဟ...
Climate change impacts on the water, food and energy sectors in Myanmar’s Sittaung river basin
Source: SEI - The Sittaung river basin (SRB) remains one of the least studied basins of Myanmar in terms of the assessment of the impact of climate change. As several reservoirs already exist in the basin, much research is needed to understand how projected climate change impacts rainfall, temp...
World Bank to provide aid in Myanmar forest restoration projects
14 Jan 2021 - Source: Myanmar Times Myanmar's Forest Department will receive aid from the World Bank to carry out the Forest Restoration, Development and Investment Project (FREDIP) in five regions and Nay Pyi Taw. The World Bank will extend a loan of about US$120 million at the lowest interest rate...
Three new species of Migratory Waterbirds discovered in wetland area of Indawgyi Lake
15 Dec 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Three new species of Migratory Waterbirds (one species is new for Myanmar and the other two species is new for Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary) were found in the wetland area of Indawgyi Lake, Myanmar's largest and Southeast Asia's third-larg...
Electrofishing users arrested in central Myanmar to prevent Ayeyawady dolphins from extinction
19 Nov 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - A combined team arrested the fishermen who did illegal electrofishing to prevent the Ayeyawady dolphins from extinction, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Myanmar. Under the one-year Ayeyawady dolphin conservation patro...
Lessons Learnt from Taung Thaman Lake Water Pollution
Lessons Learnt from Taung Thaman Lake Water Pollution by U Maung Maung Oo, Natural Green at World Water Day 2018, NayPyiTaw, Myanmar.The presentation highlighted the causes of water pollution in Taung Thaman Lake, the current situation of Taung Thaman lake water quality and the collapse of ecosystem...
Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar: Assessing ecological status in Inlay Lake Preliminary report
Created by Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA). The report is one of the deliverables of the project Integrated water resources management – Institutional building and training. The main purpose of the report has been to achieve improved knowledge about aquatic biodiversity and ...
Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar: Water usage and introduction to water quality criteria for lakes and rivers in Myanmar Preliminary report
Created by Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA). The purpose of the report is to present some first recommendation for the development of Myanmar ecological quality criteria using the system of the EU Water Framework Directive (EU WFD) as baseline, with main focus on the cha...
Flight or fight
Source: Myanmar Times Date: 3 April 2018 Birdwatchers battle to save Paleik Lake, a haven for water birds Every year scores of birds flock to Paleik Lake, 14 kilometres east of Mandalay, where they sojourn for up to two months before continuing thousands of kilometers north or south in search of br...
Unexpected thunderstorm hits Yangon
Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 4 April 2018 Thunderstorms, lightning, isolated heavy rainfall, and gale-force winds hit Yangon yesterday, knocking down trees, ripping off roofs, causing power outages and dropping temperatures. "The strong wind hit for 20 minutes. It ...
Biodiversity conservation project in Chindwin River to kick off next month
Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 12 March 2018 A research study under the project of mainstream biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Chindwin River Basin will be officially launched on 1 April in three townships along the river, said Daw Khin Ohnma Htway, Director of Myanmar Envi...
Technology key to green growth
Source: The Myanmar Times Date: 2 February, 2018 In the past 20 years, rapid economic growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion has reduced poverty and brought prosperity to many of its 420 million people. Much of the growth has relied on natural resources, which generate up to half of total wealth in...
Insights of Myanmar Community of Practice (CoP) Water in the City workshop
On the 22nd of March 2018, World Water Day, The Water Agency (TWA) initiated the first Myanmar Community of Practice (CoP) workshop in Yangon at the beautiful and authentic building of Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT). During Piet Filet's visit to Yangon in January, local stakeholders were ins...
Cooperation from INGOs, NGOs welcomed for ecosystem revamp
Source: The Global New Light Of Myanmar Date: 21 March 2018 Photo: Google As part of efforts to conserve Myanmar's ecosystem, the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry has initiated discussions with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to obtain funds from the Gre...
Consideration for Myanmar(Country level) Action from Integrated Water Resources Management Perspective
Presented by Dr. Zaw Lwin Tun, Director of Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation on World Water Day 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw. It explains two facts of Yangon Declaration from certain point of view: Sound Water Cycle Management and ...