Electricity Feature Lead Story News
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
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
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.
Environment flora and fauna Lead Story News
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
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
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 Lead Story News Video
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
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
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
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
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.
Environment Lead Story Natural resources News Video
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
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.
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
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
May 08, 2007 (DVB)
