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    Tagged: Dams

    Electricity Feature Lead Story News

    Rural Burma still lit by candles, kerosene and batteries

    Generators are expensive. Pact says one hour of diesel power in rural Burma costs roughly the same as 24 hours of power in Rangoon.

    Development Electricity Energy Environment Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘There are other options’ besides mega-dams

    Joern Kristensen, the director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, speaks to DVB about Burma’s options for meeting its energy needs.

    Environment Karen Lead Story News

    ‘Conservation has to be inclusive’

    KESAN’s Saw Alex Htoo grew up along the Salween River in Karen State. He talks to DVB about the current threats people and wildlife face with new hydropower projects proposed in the area.

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    Environment flora and fauna Lead Story News

    Suu Kyi urged not to back Salween dams

    Environmentalists and community groups are calling on Aung San Suu Kyi not to commit to plans to build dams on the Salween River when she meets with Thai officials this week.

    Business Development Lead Story News

    Burma’s electricity grid receives World Bank boost

    The World Bank has approved a US $400 million interest-free credit to support the Burmese government’s expansion of the national electricity grid.

    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.

    DVB Debate: ‘Who benefits when the rivers are dammed?’ video

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    DVB Debate: ‘Who benefits when the rivers are dammed?’

    Millions of Burmese households remain in the dark, with only one third having access to regular electricity. More dams will mean more electricity, but where will it flow?

    Contributor Environment Karen Lead Story Natural resources News

    Norwegian support for hydropower: peacebuilding through best practice

    Karen pastors and community leaders expressed their concerns – but by the end of the meeting they were satisfied to go ahead with a pre-feasibility study. The “no dams” signs were later taken down.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural Disasters News Sagaing

    7 dead, 3 missing in Burmese flash floods

    Seven people, including a baby, lost their lives and three are still missing as heavy flash floods hit rural areas of Mandalay and Sagaing divisions.

    Environment Ethnic issues Lead Story Natural resources News

    Govt says Tasang dam will benefit Burma

    Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring the house that the project will be implemented with a focus on domestic needs.

    Kachin Land Lead Story Natural resources News

    CPI cut our rice ration, say anti-dam activists

    Two local Kachin women, who have been involved in anti-Myitsone dam activities, say they have had their rice rations cut by CPI, the Chinese backers of the Irrawaddy River hydropower project.

    Hundreds join march to Myitsone video

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News Video

    Hundreds join march to Myitsone

    Hundreds of activists set off from Rangoon by foot on a march to Myitsone, the source of the Irrawaddy River, to call for the complete shutdown of a China-backed hydroelectric mega-dam project at the site.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Politics

    China’s CPI offers to meet Kachin NGO after Myitsone war of words

    Chinese dam-builders say resumption of the Irrawaddy seven-dam project will bring electricity, revenue, jobs and tourists to the region while a local NGO claims it will destroy the environment and livelihoods, and further fuel the conflict in Kachin State.

    Environment News Politics

    Relocated villagers decry conditions of new land

    While being relocated to make way for a controversial hydropower project in southern Shan state, villagers from Pinlaung township say they’ve been given inadequate compensation

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    Group slams environmental impact of dam projects

    Jun 6, 2008 (DVB), The Burma Rivers Network has urged foreign companies to reconsider their investments in dam and gas projects in Burma due to the devastating impact on the[…]

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    Activists slam Chinese-backed dam projects

    Dec 4, 2007 (DVB), About 30 Burmese ethnic environmental groups and Thai NGOs staged a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate in Chiang Mai yesterday to protest against Chinese-backed dam projects[…]

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    From illegal timber to tiger skins, Myanmar is destroying its environment for a quick buck

    Oct 14, 2007 (AP) – Truckloads of illegal timber cross the Myanmar border to sawmills in China, while markets along the Thai border openly sell bear paws, tiger skins and[…]

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    Dams on Burma’s Salween will destroy lives, warn Mon youths

    May 08, 2007 (DVB)

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