New analysis of the Myanmar Government’s forestry and trade data points to a multi-billion dollar illegal logging and exports black hole – indicating widespread criminality and official corruption. The Environmental Investigation...
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An interesting historical perspective of US-Burma relations over the years.
General overview of IWRM issues (policies, governance, strategies, measures) in the newly developing country Myanmar.
The Myanmar Roadmap summary for engagement with Civil Society includes: An analysis of the civil society arena An assessment of the EU – CSO engagement in the country Priorities for EU engagement and corresponding actions
This newsletter of the programme Supporting Public Health Institutes is a compilation of the recent news from four projects in the programme. It has been produced at the occasion of the ECTMIH conference in Antwerp and the...
This article provides a useful historical perspective on the recent ethnic tension in Rakhine state.
EIA report Appetite for Destruction (released 29.11.12) exposes China as the world's number one buyer of illegal timber and a major exporter of deforestation around the world. This is the English version.
Although a bit one sided and very optimistic, the report gives a fairly up to date and accurate account of the events leading up to the current situation.
In October 2014 the Myanmar government unveiled a draft National Land Use Policy (NLUP) and announced it would take public comments for a limited time before finalizing the document. Once it is finalized, the new policy will...