30 Nov 2020 - Source: Global Times - Representatives from Mekong River countries applauded achievements brought by the Lancang-Mekong River cooperation mechanism over the past four years, calling it the most vibrant case of establishing a community with a shared future for humanity at the 2020 ...
Ayeyawady dolphin found inhabiting near Ywathit Village in Pakokku
26 November 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar An Ayeyawady dolphin is found to be inhabiting near Ywathit Village in Pakokku Township in Magway Region."I am a fisherman. The dolphins inhabit mostly on the riverbanks, most of which are the habitats of the fish. The dolphins are used to c...
Afsluitdijk, ပင်လယ်ထဲက ဆည်တစ်စင်း
ကမ္ဘာတစ်ဝှမ်းတွင် ဆည်နှင့်ရေကာတာ အရေအတွက်သည် ဆက်လက်တိုးပွားလျက် ရှိနေဆဲပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ ၎င်းတို့သည် ရေချိုစီးဆင်းသည့် ဧရိယာများကို လှိုင်းမြင့်များမှ ကာကွယ်မှုပေးသည့်အပြင် ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲခြင်း ကြောင့် ပင်လယ်ရေမျက်နှာပြင် မြင့်တက်လာကာ ကမ်းရိုးတန်းဒေသကို ရေလွှမ်းမိုးမည့် ဘေးမှလည်း ကာကွယ်ပေးသည်။ သို့သော် ပ...
FOREST POLICY – 1995
The formulation of forestry policies has evolved for the purpose of developing sustainability of the environment as Myanmar forestry sector is essential in the enhancement of national socio-economic development, environmental sustainability and balance of nature. The six imperatives were established...
Mangrove restoration, a critical challenge for increasing resilience in Myanmar
With the collaboration of the Netherlands Embassy in Myanmar and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Myanmar, the virtual workshop for the scope of the study on mangrove restoration and increasing resilience in the Ayeyarwady delta was held on 24th September 2020. The workshop was conducted to Present ...
Is Our Inle Lake Healthy? - Thoughts of Inle lake ecosystem
In this article, you will find out the current situations of Inle lake ecosystem and its environmental challenges, and why Inle lake is needed to be saved. Back in August, I was volunteering as a language teacher in a village called Le Pyin Taung which is near the Inle lake and luckily I have got a ...
မြစ်အထက်ပိုင်းရှိရေအားလျှပ်စစ်ထုတ်လုပ်သောဆည်များ၏ဒဏ်ကိုခံနေရသောကမ်းရိုးတန်းဂေဟစနစ်များ
ဆန်ဒီရေဂိုတက္ကသိုလ်ရှိ ဆန်ဒီရေဂိုတက္ကသိုလ် Riverside နှင့် Scripps အဏ္ဏဝါဗေဒဌာနမှ သုတေသီများကကုန်းတွင်းပိုင်းမြစ်များပေါ်တွင် တည်ဆောက်ထားသောဆည်များ သည် ကမ်းရိုးတန်းနှင့် မြစ်၀ရှိ ကျက်စားရာနေရာများ အပေါ်တွင် ဆိုးရွာသော အကျိုးသက်ရောက် မှုများ ရှိနေသည်ကို ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိ ထားသည်။ သုတေသီများသည် ပစိဖိတ်ကမ်း...
The Gyo Phyu Pipeline and his companions - A Renovation Project of Pipeline
The idea is not to promote our company but to promote collaboration by Raphael Monnier We made an interview with Raphael Monnier who is the co-founder of Yangon-based architecture and design company Blue Temple. He shared his thoughts and visions about renovation of Gyo Phyu pipeline. Monn...
Chindwin River Basin Scenario
If I were a storyteller to the future generation about Chindwin River Basin, I would have started to explain about the Chindwin River, wouldn't I? I got the story after interviewing with Than Htway Lwin from Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI). She gave me documents and reports related to biodiv...
The Science and Policy of Environmental Flows in Myanmar
A symposium and technical workshop - The Science and Policy of Environmental Flows in Myanmar was held on 15th August 2018 at Inya Lake hotel by WWF Myanmar. U Cho Cho, chairman of NWRC Advisory Group and Professor Dr. Khin Than Yu, pro-rector of Yangon Technological University gave an opening and w...
Customizing Environmental Flows to Myanmar
The symposium and technical workshop was focused on ongoing projects and international experiences of adapting the environmental flows concept to Myanmar. In the workshop, concrete options and case studies for implementing environmental flows in Myanmar were conducted. The symposium was held for two...
Biodiversity Assessment and Media Training Workshop in Monywa
From August 15-17, a biodiversity assessment and media training workshop was held in Monywa. The training program was focused on communicating on development, biodiversity and livelihoods in the Chindwin River Basin. Endorsed by Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) and My...
Good Floods, bad floods: managing the negatives of floods while maintaining its many benefits
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) manages the "Testing Adaptation in Flood-Based Resource Management" project that seeks to support the integration of Flood-Based Farming Systems (FBFS) in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta of Myanmar. Funded by the European Commission and the International Fun...
Ayeyarwady island eyed as Ramsar Site
16 March 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Forest Department wants to upgrade an island in Ayeyarwady Region that is a nesting site for sea turtles from its current status as a protected area to a Ramsar Site. A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the R...
Gulf of Mottama Wetland more than triples in size as newest Ramsar site
03 Feb 20 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Gulf of Mottama Wetland conservation area has been expanded from 42,500 hectares to 161,030 hectares after its adjacent area was declared the sixth Ramsar Site in Myanmar on Sunday. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance u...