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    Category: Environment

    Environment International Lead Story News

    China to release more water to alleviate Southeast Asia drought

    The release began on 11 April and will continue until the “low water period” is over, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Elephant kills Burmese migrant in Thailand

    The incident reportedly occurred just five days after the man started working at an elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand.

    Environment Lead Story News

    El Niño dries up communities across Burma

    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.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Indawgyi Lake threatened by mining, war

    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.

    Environment Lead Story News

    ‘Conservation should be a major concern’: Myanmar Green Network

    Devi Thant Cin of the Myanmar Green Network explains why she opposes planned coal plants and what environmental reforms an NLD government should introduce.

    Hpakant miners back at work after deadly landslide video

    Business Environment Lead Story News

    Hpakant miners back at work after deadly landslide

    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.

    Hpakent counts the human cost of jade mining video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Hpakent counts the human cost of jade mining

    Clean up from the devastating landslide in Hpakent is underway. Rescue workers had recovered 113 bodies by Monday 5pm (local time).

    Business Environment Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Cronies leave Burma ‘no longer resource rich in timber’

    Burma is facing complete forest degradation unless it can clean up the crony economy.

    Window on Burma’s frozen north video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Window on Burma’s frozen north

    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.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Parade of wild elephants spotted in central Burma

    The central Burmese flatlands is not considered as a natural environment for Burma’s estimated population of 2,000 wild elephants.

    Aid Arakan Environment Health Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News

    Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma

    Officials and aid workers warn that hundreds of communities face an acute shortage of clean water after floods contaminated ponds and wells.

    Environment Karenni Land Lead Story Logging Natural resources News

    Karenni party bans hardwood logging

    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.

    Video: Flood death toll climbs to 69 video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Video: Flood death toll climbs to 69

    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.

    VIDEO: Help arrives in Burma’s disaster zones video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    VIDEO: Help arrives in Burma’s disaster zones

    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.

    Development Electricity Environment Lead Story News Shan

    Reward and ruin on the Salween River

    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.

    Asia can fight climate change and poverty by investing in forest communities, says environmental NGO. (PHOTO: DVB).

    ASEAN Environment Lead Story News

    People-power can save Asia’s forests

    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.

    The Solar Impulse 2 lands safely in Nagoya, Japan. (PHOTO - Solar Impulse 2).

    Environment Lead Story Lifestyle News

    Solar Flight: remaining journey postponed till 2016

    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.

    A map of all the proposed dams along the Salween basin. (PHOTO: International Rivers).

    Business Development Electricity Environment Lead Story News

    Burma, Thailand, China sign MoU for Salween dam

    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.

    Environment Lead Story Lifestyle News

    Creating hybrids may save Asia’s tigers, say scientists

    Just over 3,000 tigers remain across Asia, mainly in India. But researchers say many conservation campaigns are unnecessarily restricting gene pools.

    Environment Lead Story Lifestyle News

    Solar Impulse takes off on historic pan-Pacific flight

    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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    Environment Lead Story News Rangoon

    Floods hit Burma as monsoon rolls in

    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.

    Dr Kalyar Platt has been rewarded for her conservation efforts in Burma. (PHOTO: TSA).

    Environment Lead Story News

    Turtle conservationist rewarded for efforts in Burma

    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.

    Environment Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Burma one of countries most affected by climate change

    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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    Environment Lead Story News Photos Shan Travel & Tourism

    UNESCO’s newest biosphere reserve

    Shan State’s iconic freshwater lake, Inle Lake, is home to a diverse range of species, including birds, otters, and even human communities.

    The Solar Impulse 2 lands safely in Nagoya, Japan. (PHOTO - Solar Impulse 2).

    Environment Lead Story News

    Solar Impulse 2 makes unplanned stop in Japan

    Pilot Andre Borschberg was en route to Hawaii when he was forced to land at Nagoya airport late on Monday night.

    Tiger bones and bear bile video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Tiger bones and bear bile

    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.

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Solar flight delayed due to cloudy weather

    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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    Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Govt must act over dam project chaos, say Pegu villagers

    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[…]

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Offshore trawling ban to stem fishery crisis

    A three-month ban on offshore fishing has been ordered by Burma’s Department of Fisheries to allow marine fish stocks to replenish.

    Iconic lake on the brink of environmental collapse video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Iconic lake on the brink of environmental collapse

    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.

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