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Trading in timber
The Burmese government has announced a policy that will stop the export of raw timber starting next April.
Environmentalists say the decision could save Burma’s...
Displaced farmers suffer in Kachin state’s ‘tiger reserve’
Kachin farmers forcibly relocated to make way for plantations in the Hukawng valley are enduring great hardship at the poorly equipped relocation site where they have been forced to move
Ministry orders jade mines to close during rainy season
The Ministry of Mining have issued a directive ordering all private mining companies operating in Kachin state’s Hpakant town to temporarily suspend their operations
Pipeline, rubber plantation responsible for pollution
Residents in Tenasserim division and northern Shan state are filing complaints against companies that they say are ruining their farmlands and rivers
Animating Burma’s reform from within
Perceived obstacles to democracy in Burma, like the flawed constitution, can in fact give the opposition an excuse to start doing creative politics outside of official political channels
Espen Barth Eide: ‘Norway is optimistic’
When Norway's deputy foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, returned from a visit to Burma this month, he told the Financial Times that he "almost left...
