The Global Wetland Outlook: Special Edition 2021 has been launched to mark the Ramsar Convention's 50th anniversary. Drawing on more than 30 major global and regional assessments and other recent scientific findings, the Global Wetland Outlook's (GWO) headlines are that: Wetlands are being lost at a...
SDG 6 Progress Reports
The monitoring of progress towards SDG 6 is a means to achieve the goal. High-quality data help policy- and decision-makers at all levels of government to identify challenges and opportunities, to set priorities for more effective and efficient implementation, to communicate progress...
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...
Myanmar says it is committed to greener future
07 FEB 2021 - Source: Myanmar Times - Myanmar reiterated its plans to further reduce the country's carbon emissions and to expand its renewable energy program during an international conference on February 4. Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy U Than Zaw was quoted by...
Kawthoung with Sea Gypsies or Men of the Sea
25 JAN 2021 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - By Kyaw Soe (Kawthoung), Translated by Khine Thazin Han Taninthayi Region, the southern tip of Myanmar, abounds with water, forest and mineral resources. Kawthoung in Taninthayi Region is also well known for the minority Salon (or) Mawken (or)...
One-year patrolling project implemented to conserve Ayeyawady dolphins
06 Jan 2021 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - A combined team led by the Fisheries Department conducted a one-year patrolling project on Ayeyawady dolphin conservation to reduce and finally eliminate illegal electrofishing in Ayeyawady River. When the Fisheries Department conducted the pa...
Myanmar migratory bird census to be taken by locals
03 Jan 2021 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Asian migratory bird census which is usually conducted yearly will be taken in collaboration with local communities in Myanmar this year, said Daw Thiri Daewi Aung, executive director at Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA). "Normall...
Local NGO launches online training to promote community-based ecotourism
30 Dec 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - The Fauna & Flora International – Myanmar Programme launched the Zoom Online Training starting from 7 December to promote community-based ecotourism in Indawgyi Lake and nearby areas. "The online training is conducted under three programmes," s...
ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုကိုခုခံဖို့ သီရိလင်္ကာအတွက် ရေအရင်းအမြစ်ဘက်စုံ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုစနစ်ဆိုင်ရာ ဖြေရှင်းချက်များ
သီရိလင်္ကာနိုင်ငံသည် တောင်အာရှရှိ မြေဆီဩဇာကောင်းမွန်သည့် အပူပိုင်းဒေသကျွန်းတကျွန်းဖြစ်သည်။ ရာသီဥတု၊ မြေဆီကောင်းမွန်ခြင်းနှင့် ရေအရင်းအမြစ်ရရှိမှုသည် စိုက်ပျိုးရေးကဏ္ဍကို နိုင်ငံစီးပွားရေးအတွက် အရေးပါကြီးစိုးသည့်ကဏ္ဍတရပ်ဖြစ်စေသည်။ နိုင်ငံ့ဂျီဒီပီ (စုစုပေါင်းပြည်တွင်းထုတ်ကုန်) ၏(၇) ရာခိုင်နှုန်း...
Migratory birds in Myanmar
05 Dec 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - A quick Facebook search in Burmese for the words "bird shop" brings up a mix of responses, including pet shops and bird breeders selling all manner attractive, exotic and colourful birds. Alongside these legal businesses its also possible to find groups and...
Myanmar’s New Government Needs to Address Failures on the Environment and Public Health Over the Past Five Years
09 December 2020 - Source: The Irrawaddy As the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) works to select the right candidates for the new government's cabinet after winning another landslide election, it will be interesting to see how the new administration will tackle critical environmental issue...
National Environmental Policy of Myanmar
Myanmar is blessed with diverse ecosystems, rich biodiversity and bountiful natural resources. The health of these ecosystems is essential for the country's development and the people's wellbeing, given that all economic and social sectors depend on its natural capital. Yet many of our country's nat...
Inle lake conservation to be implemented in 4 zones
08 December 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times Four project zones have been categorised in the Inle Lake to streamline efforts to ensure the environmental sustainability and the development of the local economy of the communities surrounding the lake. Zone 1 includes Nyaungshwe township, Zone 2 includes K...
NGO raises alarm over wastewater disposal in Mandalay River
04 November 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times An environment group expressed alarm over the unabated wastewater disposal of manufacturing facilities in Dokhtawaddy River in Mandalay Region, warning of social and environmental consequences if left unchecked. U Maung Maung Oo, from the non-government group...
Amid Tensions in Myanmar, An Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born
30 Nov 2020 - Source: Yale Environment 360 - BY FRED PEARCE - The Karen people of eastern Myanmar have long fought for autonomy over their lands. In a bold move, they have turned a war zone into a protected area that respects their cultural traditions and looks to save the Salween, one of ...