Resilient Urban Delta Development

U Than Soe, Director of the Department of Disaster ManagementMinistry of Social Welfares Ayeyarwady Region Presented the Actions and PlansWater related Disaster and ChallengesSuggestions at the Resilient Urban Delta Seminar, organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, National Water Reso...

Lien AID plans more clean water projects in remote rural Myanmar

Source: The Myanmar Times Date: 23 March 2018 ​Singapore's Lien AID has been improving the health and well-being of remote communities in Asia by providing potable water and sanitation since 2006. The charity has been able to mobilise funds and technical skills to be able to deliver drinking water a...

Rivers are invaluable to South East Asia

​Source: mmtimes, 26th October2017 How many different ways can you measure a river? By its length and how many countries it passes through? The volume of water flowing along its course? The number of species it supports? Perhaps the most important – and largely overlooked – measure of a river is its...

WWF-Myanmar study aims for sustainable use of Ayeyarwady

Source: mmtimes, 24th October 2017 WWF-MYANMAR is undertaking research on the sustainable use of Ayeyarwady River that could maximize its benefits for the country's economy and people living along the coastal areas. Link: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/wwf-myanmar-study-aims-sustainable-use-ayeya...

Myanmar Disaster Risk Management Project Concept Summary

The summary of "Myanmar Disaster Risk Management Project Concept" was presented at the Urban Delta Seminar which was organized by Embassy of the Kingdoms of Netherlands, National Water Resources Committee and Yangon Regional Government on 14 February 2018 by Michael Bonte Grapentin, Senior Disaster ...

Enhancing Water Security in the Urbanizing Ayeyarwady Delta Region

At the Seminar on Resilient Urban Delta Development, organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, National Water Resources Committee and Yangon Regional Government, Dr. Zaw Lwin Tun  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI) Irrigation and Water Utilization Management...

Delta Macro: Rivers and Estuaries

Delta Macro: Rivers and Estuaries By Willem Mak, Department International Development Netherlands Enterprise Agency Government of the Netherlands The presentation was presented at  Urban Delta Seminar, organized by Embassy of the Kingdoms of Netherlands, National Water Resources Committee and Y...

Setting the Knowledge Agenda for Water Security in the Urbanizing Ayeyarwady Delta

U Aung Myo Khaing, Director of Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems(DWIR) presented the "Setting the Knowledge Agenda for Water Security in the Urbanizing Ayeyarwady Delta" on the Urban Delta Seminar (14 February 2018), organized by Embassy of the Kingdoms of Netherlands, ...

AIRBM Master Plan to be completed by 2020

Source: mmtimes, 18th October 2017 The final draft for the Ayeyawaddy Integrated River Basin Management (AIRBM) project, one of the major projects under a research and development program by the National Water Resources Committee led by vice-president U Henry Van Thio, has been received. A Master Pl...

Navigation related Disaster Risk Reduction

This presentation by U Aung Myo Khaing (DWIR) indicate about advantage of inland navigation. In addition, some illustrations of disasters in navigation are also indicated. In the case of Myanmar, transportation of dangerous cargo on the river systems is a risky business and unsafe. The objective of ...

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