With the drafting of a 10-year multi-purpose project for conserving the watershed areas around Inle Lake in Shan State, key steps have now been taken to conserve the environment around the lake, which is facing degradation.
Category: Myanmar
China’s Belt and Road detours downstream in Myanmar
The Irrawaddy River, widely considered the aqueous soul of the nation, is now apparently at the center of Beijing’s grand, but no doubt risky, plan
China keen to invest in Dawei SEZ
The Dawei SEZ has taken a long time to take shape and isn’t going as planned so if the current investors cannot develop the project effectively, then Chinese companies may be asked to take part.
Govt’s efforts on environmental management making progress: official
Most of the businesses in nine sectors pinpointed by the government had submitted EMPs by a deadline that expired last month.
HARNESSING SALWEEN RIVER: Settlement through confrontation or cooperation?
An all-embracing deliberation on resource governance, including the potential to harness rivers, needs to come after peace negotiations bring a political settlement to the ongoing ethnic conflicts.
Hydropower and the worsening water crisis for Myanmar and Asia
Many people who could be directly affected in the Kachin, Shan and Kayin states are voting with their feet in public demonstrations. As their banners make clear, they say no to dam building.