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The release began on 11 April and will continue until the “low water period” is over, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
The incident reportedly occurred just five days after the man started working at an elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand.
Hundreds of villages across Burma suffered dire water shortages last year, with pressure set to increase when El Niño hits the peak of its cycle.
Local villagers said years of unregulated gold mining several kilometres away has caused the environmental degradation as dumped waste and chemicals has flowed into the stream.
Devi Thant Cin of the Myanmar Green Network explains why she opposes planned coal plants and what environmental reforms an NLD government should introduce.
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Hpakant miners are continuing to risk their lives to find precious stones less than a week after a nearby landslide killed more than a hundred people.
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Clean up from the devastating landslide in Hpakent is underway. Rescue workers had recovered 113 bodies by Monday 5pm (local time).
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Burma is facing complete forest degradation unless it can clean up the crony economy.
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Full time photographer, part time mountaineer Kyaw Thar is displaying photographs of a gruelling solo journey to the tops of northern Burma’s highest peaks.
The central Burmese flatlands is not considered as a natural environment for Burma’s estimated population of 2,000 wild elephants.
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Officials and aid workers warn that hundreds of communities face an acute shortage of clean water after floods contaminated ponds and wells.
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The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) announced a total ban on new logging of teak and other hardwoods in Karenni State, and has outlawed all logging businesses in the territory.
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The Burmese government believes that 69 have now been killed as floodwaters have swept 12 states and regions of the country over the past month.
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Emergency flood relief aid was flown into Burma’s disaster zones over the weekend, as Burma’s president visited rural Sagaing Division where a state of emergency was declared after rains displaced tens of thousands of people.
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The Mong Ton dam, proposed for construction along the Salween River, has been pitched as a sustainable way of providing electricity to citizens. But local communities remain skeptical of the benefits.
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Asia can fight climate change and lift people out of poverty if it invests in communities living in forests, claims a Thai-based environmental organisation.
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The team of Solar Impulse say they have been unable to repair the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Japan to Hawaii.
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Thailand, China and Burma are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding for the development of the Mong Ton hydropower project Salween River this year.
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Just over 3,000 tigers remain across Asia, mainly in India. But researchers say many conservation campaigns are unnecessarily restricting gene pools.
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The single-seat aircraft finally takes off from Japan en route to Hawaii on a momentous 120-hour journey powered only by solar energy.
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From Sandoway on the western coast to Tavoy in the south, several towns and cities areas are pelted by torrents of rain, resulting in floods.
The winner of the 2015 Behler Turtle Conservation Award has been announced, with this year’s title rewarding Dr Kalyar Platt for her work in Burma.
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The Global Climate Risk Index 2015 lists Honduras as the country suffering most from the effects of extreme weather events in the 20-year period.
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Shan State’s iconic freshwater lake, Inle Lake, is home to a diverse range of species, including birds, otters, and even human communities.
Pilot Andre Borschberg was en route to Hawaii when he was forced to land at Nagoya airport late on Monday night.
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There are only around 3,000 wild tigers left on the planet. In the jungles of Burma, killing one of them can earn you a small fortune.
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The single-seater Solar Impulse 2 is due to leave Nanjing, in eastern China, for the 8,500-kilometre flight over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii.
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Villagers who say they have suffered from environmental and economic chaos as a result of a newly built hydropower dam in Pegu Division’s Taungtaunggyi held a protest on Sunday, calling[…]
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A three-month ban on offshore fishing has been ordered by Burma’s Department of Fisheries to allow marine fish stocks to replenish.
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Thousands of dead fish have washed up on the banks of the Taungthaman lake on two separate occasions over the past month, signalling a deeply unhealthy natural environment.
