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    Tagged: natural resources

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Burmese army seizes KIA base near Tanai mines

    The capture comes after several days of armed clashes in a strategic area that is home to several gold and amber mines under KIA control.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Mission to restore mangroves in Irrawaddy Delta

    Once perfected in Burma, the technology could help other large-scale restoration projects, said WIF’s Lyngdoh.

    Electricity Energy Lead Story Natural resources News

    Coal in the spotlight as Suu Kyi govt ponders energy policy

    Coal would be one of the quickest ways to ramp up power generation, but the option is unpopular in Burma.

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    Lead Story Natural resources News

    World Vision, P&G present clean water solutions

    During the dry season from mid-April to the end of June, many people have difficulty getting clean water, especially those living in remote areas.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Tenasserim

    Tenasserim tin mine allegedly pollutes creek

    The Heinda Tin Mine is operated by Myanmar Pongpipat Co Ltd which is owned by a Thai company but registered in Burma.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural resources News

    Australian firm expects Karenni mining permit approved soon

    Eumeralla and its local partner Myanmar Energy Resources Group are seeking to explore a 400km-square area in Karenni State.

    Arakan Business Economy Environment Lead Story News

    Arakan petition calls for local control of resources

    An Arakanese civil society group says that 300,000 people in Arakan State have signed a petition calling for greater control over resource extraction in the impoverished region.

    Economy Lead Story Natural resources News

    Activists urge govt to push for jade transparency

    Burma’s decision to shake up its multi-billion dollar jade business is a ground-breaking opportunity to stop human rights abuses and increase transparency, say activists.

    Business Development Economy Lead Story News

    Burma to reduce resource dependency: German delegation

    Burma’s government wants to pursue more sustainable economic development by depending less on resources, says a German business delegation.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Arakanese activists call for local ownership of natural resources

    Activists from Arakan State say they hope Burma’s incoming government will reevaluate projects that do little to benefit local populations.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Australian firm strikes record Burma offshore gas reserve

    The discovery is the largest gas reserve in the history of offshore exploration in Burma, according to Naypyidaw.

    Economy Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: Suu Kyi govt must work with cronies

    Now that the vote has lived up to its seismic billing, DVB sat down with Professor Maw Than, a former director of the Central Bank of Myanmar to discuss how next year’s NLD-led government will continue the project of Burmese economic rehabilitation.

    Business Lead Story News

    Puma Energy joins state firm in jet fuel joint venture

    Burma’s state-owned Myanma Petroleum Products Enterprise (MPPE) has agreed to a joint venture with Puma Energy Group Pte Ltd to distribute jet fuel.

    Energy Lead Story Natural resources News

    Maday islanders see the light

    Maday islanders now have access to four hours of electricity per day, after campaigning for compensation from the China National Petroleum Corporation.

    Environment Interview Lead Story Logging Natural resources News Trade

    ‘Burma will become a responsible timber-trading country’

    DVB interviews Bar Bar Cho, joint secretary of the Myanmar Timber Merchants Association, about how Burma’s new logging export ban will affect his industry.

    Black Lung in the Golden Land video

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Black Lung in the Golden Land

    In a country known as the Golden Land, gold miners are dying of a disease endemic to their work.

    Bamboo could be Burma’s next big export video

    Lead Story Natural resources News Video

    Bamboo could be Burma’s next big export

    Burma’s vast bamboo forests have great potential to produce a sustainable crop that could be sold worldwide, according to a group of environmentalists.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Drugs, land and mining issues plague Shan State

    A four-day regional development workshop responding to the challenges posed by drugs and environmental degradation has concluded in Shan State

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Chins say nickel mine too opaque

    Chin civic groups and politicians have demanded full public disclosure of the scope and impact of the Mwe Taung nickel mine, fearing that the environmental and social impacts may be far more severe than current data predicts.

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Mon villagers rally against mountain quarry

    Villagers in Mon State’s Paung Township rallied against a proposed plan by a Burmese private company, Amberto Mining, to quarry Kalarma Mountain.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Military secures Hpakant area after 37-ton jade slab found.

    A 37-ton slab of jade was found in Hpakant on 9 February. The Burmese military cordoned off the area, spelling trouble for the district’s small-time excavators.

    Lead Story News

    Arakanese monk makes pilgrimage to Mrauk U for peace, development

    Ashin Sekeina, a Buddhist monk from Arakan State capital Sittwe, has just completed his pilgrimage to Mrauk U, a 100-plus mile journey by foot in the name of peace and regional development.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Latpadaung villagers mark anniversary of firebombing

    Around 150 villagers and Buddhist monks gather at Shwezigon Pagoda in Monywa to conduct a prayer ceremony to mark the anniversary, nearly one year ago, of the night riot police brutally firebombed peaceful protestors at a historical Buddhist site near the Latpadaung copper mine.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Arakan CBOs demand halt to all natural resource extraction projects

    An umbrella group of political and civic Arakanese groups issue a statement demanding a halt to all natural resource extraction projects in Arakan state until a genuine federal system is implemented in Burma.

    Irrawaddy Dolphins under threat from ‘electrofishing’ video

    Environment Lead Story Video

    Irrawaddy Dolphins under threat from ‘electrofishing’

    The Irrawaddy Dolphins are being threatened with extinction by the practice of “electrofishing”, which provides high yields for individual fishers at the expense of the natural environment.

    Arakanese call for a share of natural resources profits video

    Environment Lead Story Video

    Arakanese call for a share of natural resources profits

    A petition campaign led by the RNDP has been launched in Arakan state calling for an equitable distribution of benefits from the region’s natural resources.

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