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Title: The Last Drop
Description: "In the dry and arid central region of Myanmar, water for drinking and farming is scarce. Village communities eke out a living growing peanuts and sesame, walking or using bullock carts over long distances to get water for their homes and farms. Some communities have tried to dig ponds or install bore wells; others pay for water to those who own carts, to maintain their livelihoods and families. Climate risks are worsening the situation as dry seasons get longer and more intense; most young people are migrating to the cities..."
Creator/author: Rajesh Daniel, Plengvut Plengplang, Than Yailamyong, Pin Pravalprukskul, Agus Nugroho
Source/publisher: "Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)"
Date of publication: 2018-04-19
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-13
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Title: Over 27,000 Flee to Relief Camps in Myanmar’s Flood-Hit Bago Region
Description: "Although water levels have fallen in Bago Region after four days of flooding, nearly 30,000 residents are still sheltering in relief camps and urgently need assistance, according to relief volunteers. On Tuesday, the military regime announced that more than 27,000 flood victims in Bago had entered 47 relief camps since Saturday (October 7). More heavy rain was forecast for Bago on Wednesday and Thursday. Flood levels in low-lying areas initially rose above 1.5 meters but had fallen to 0.9 meters on Wednesday. A local volunteer said Bago City’s west side was still submerged but floodwater had receded from other urban areas. “Although the flooding has subsided, we are not letting people return home. Their houses need to be cleaned before they go back,” a volunteer told The Irrawaddy. Bago Region suffers seasonal flooding but the current crisis is the worst in 60 years, submerging 80 percent of Bago City and leaving at least one resident dead, according to locals. “We have to travel by boat in some places. People can’t walk in some areas although the flood level has fallen,” said U Tun Myat Nyunt, head of the Wonyan Hmue rescue foundation. He said that around 20,000 people in three wards that had never suffered flooding before – Mhaw Kan, Ponnar Su, and Socialist – are still in need of assistance. “We are delivering drinking water and food. Currently, drinking water sources are scarce,” U Tun Myat Nyunt told The Irrawaddy. To the southwest, flood victims in Hlegu Township on the outskirts of Yangon Region remain in relief camps as they wait for floods to recede, according to camp volunteers. “Food and medicine supplies are urgently needed for people in Bago and Hlegu affected by the floods,” the Myanmar Red Cross Society said. Meanwhile Bago residents said that villages near the city are still submerged and require emergency assistance..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2023-10-11
Date of entry/update: 2023-10-11
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Title: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology: Cyclonic Storm Warning, No.6, 2023 (11th May, 2023 07:00 MST)
Description: "(11.5.2023): According to the observations at (06:30)hrs M.S.T today, the deep depression over Southeast Bay of Bengalhas moved North-Northwestwards and intensified into a Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”. It is centered at about (365) Nautical miles West-Southwest of CoCo Island, (475) Nautical miles West-Southwest of Hainggyigyun, (615) Nautical miles South- Southwest of Sittwe, (415) Nautical miles West-Northwest of Nicobar Islands (India), (280) Nautical miles West-Southwest of Port Blair(India) and (665) Nautical miles South-Southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh). Weather is partly cloudy over the North Bay and Eastcentral Bay of Bengal and cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. Cyclonic Storm Condition According to the observations at (06:30)hrs M.S.T today, the deep depression over Southeast Bay of Bengalhas moved North-Northwestwards and intensified into a Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”. It is centered at about (365) Nautical miles West-Southwest of CoCo Island, (475) Nautical miles West-Southwest of Hainggyigyun, (615) Nautical miles South- Southwest of Sittwe, (415) Nautical miles West-Northwest of Nicobar Islands (India), (280) Nautical miles West-Southwest of Port Blair(India) and (665) Nautical miles South-Southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh). It is moving towards Bangladesh-Myanmar Coasts, the present stage of the Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA” is coded orange stage. Position of Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”, center pressure and wind Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”is located at Latitude (11.0) degree North and Longitude (88.0) degree East, centre pressure of Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”is (998) hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is (45) miles per hour at (06:30)hrs MST today. During next (4) days forecast Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA” is likely to move North-Northwestwards and intensify into aSevere Cyclonic Storm“MOCHA”around tonight and recurve gradually North-Northeastwards and intensify into aVery Severe Cyclonic Storm“MOCHA”over Central Bay of Bengal around (12.5.2023). Very Severe Cyclonic Storm“MOCHA”is forecast to cross Southeast Bangladesh and Northern Rakhine Coast between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukphyu (Myanmar) around (14.5.2023). General caution 1. Due to the Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”, rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread to widespread in Naypyitaw, Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady,Taninthayi Regions and Kachin,Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States with regionally heavyfalls in Lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Yangon, Ayeyarwady Regions and Chin, Rakhine States and isolated heavy falls inNaypyitaw, Upper Sagaing, BagoRegions andKachin, Shan, Kayin, Mon States from (11.5.2023) to (15.5.2023). 2. Squalls with rough seas are likely at times in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Tanintharyi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) m.p.h. Wave height will be about (8-11) feet in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts during next (24) hours. From (12.5.2023) to (14.5.2023), frequently squalls with rough to very rough seas will be experienced in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (80-100) m.p.hand Wave height will be about (13-16) feet in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coast and occassional squalls with rough seas will be experienced in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Tanintharyi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40-45) m.p.h. Wave height will be about (9-12) feet in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. 3. The Cyclonic Storm “MOCHA”may leadSoutheast Bangladesh and Northern Rakhine Coast between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukphyu (Myanmar), maximum wind speed may reach (90-10) mph. 4. When crossing the Cyclonic Storm, storm surge height will be (10)ft to (14)ft in Estuary and Tributaries at Sittwe District, Maungdaw District Rakhine State and (7)ft to (10)ft in Estuary and Tributaries at KyaukpyuDistrict,Rakhine State. Advisory Under the influence of the Cyclonic Storm“MOCHA”, people should be awared of strong wind, heavy rain, flash flood and landslide in the hilly areas and near small rivers and also domestic flight, trawlers, vessels and ships off and along Myanmar Coasts. Therefore, people should watch the forecasts of The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology and make the necessary preparations..."
Source/publisher: Government of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2023-05-11
Date of entry/update: 2023-05-11
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Title: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology: Depression Warning, No. 4, 2023 (10th May, 2023 14:00 MST)
Description: "(10.5.2023): According to the observations at (12:30) hrs M.S.T today, the Deep Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal has moved Northwestward. It is centered at about (400) Nautical miles Southwest of CoCo Island, (525) Nautical miles Southwest of Hainggyigyun, (705) Nautical miles South- Southwest of Sittwe, (325) Nautical miles West-Northwest of Nicobar Islands (India), (285) Nautical miles Southwest of Port-Blair(India) and (760) Nautical miles South-Southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh).Weather is partly cloudy over the North Bay and Eastcentral Bay of Bengal and cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. Deep Depression Condition According to the observations at (12:30) hrs M.S.T today, the deep depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal has moved Northwestwards and centered at about (400) Nautical miles Southwest of CoCo Island, (525) Nautical miles Southwest of Hainggyigyun, (705) Nautical miles South- Southwest of Sittwe, (325) Nautical miles West-Northwest of Nicobar Islands (India), (285) Nautical miles Southwest of Port Blair(India) and (760) Nautical miles South-Southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh). It is moving towards Bangladesh-Myanmar Coasts, the present stage of the deep depression is coded orange stage. Position of deep depression, center pressure and wind Deep depression is located at Latitude (9.1) degree North and Longitude (88.7) degree East, centre pressure of deep depression is (1000) hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is (35) miles per hour at (12:30) hrs MST today. During next (5) days forecast It is likely to move North-Northwestwards and intensify into a Cyclonic Storm around tonight, a Severe Cyclonic Storm around (11.5.2023) morning and a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Central Bay of Bengal around (12.5.2023) morning. It is likely to recurve gradually North-Northeastwards and weaken slightly around (13.5.2023) and it is forecast to cross Southeast Bangladesh and Northern Rakhine Coast between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukphyu (Myanmar). General caution Due to the deep depression, rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread to widespread in Naypyitaw, Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and Kachin, Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States with regionally and isolated heavy falls in some Regions and States from (11.5.2023) to (15.5.2023). Squalls with rough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Tanintharyi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) m.p.h from today afternoon to (11.5.2023). From (12.5.2023) to (14.5.2023), frequently squalls with rough to very rough seas will be experienced in Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (70-80) m.p.h and occassional squalls with rough seas will be experienced in Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Tanintharyi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40-45) m.p.h. Advisory Under the influence of the Cyclonic Storm, people should be awared of strong wind, heavy rain, flash flood and landslide in the hilly areas and near small rivers and also domestic flight, trawlers, vessels and ships off and along Myanmar Coasts. Therefore, people should watch the forecasts of The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology and make the necessary preparations..."
Source/publisher: Government of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2023-05-10
Date of entry/update: 2023-05-10
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Title: Myanmar - Tornado (media, DMH) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 April 2023)
Description: "On 21 April, strong winds and a very large tornado hit central Myanmar (including the capital city Naypyitaw), causing several wind-related incidents resulting in casualties and severe damage. According to media reports, as of 24 April, there are eight fatalities, nearly 130 injured people and more than 230 destroyed houses across Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages (Naypyitaw capital city greater area, central Myanmar). Moderate rainfall is forecast over the Naypyitaw region over the next 24 hours, but no more strong wind is predicted..."
Source/publisher: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations via "Reliefweb" (New York)
Date of publication: 2023-04-24
Date of entry/update: 2023-04-24
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Title: Warning of heavy rain in some regions and states - တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့်ပြည်နယ် အချို့တွင် မိုးကြီးနိုင်မည့်အခြေအနေ အသိပေးတင်ပြခြင်း
Description: "တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့်ပြည်နယ် အချို့တွင် မိုးကြီးနိုင်မည့်အခြေအနေ အသိပေးတင်ပြခြင်း အသေးစိတ်ကို ပုံတွင်ဖတ်ရှုပြီး လိုအပ်သူများကို ပြန်လည်မျှဝေခြင်းဖြင့် ကူညီနိုင်ပါသည်။ မိုးလေဝသ အခြေအနေများသည် အချိန်နှင့်အမျှပြောင်းလဲဖြစ်ပေါ်နေသည့်အတွက် ကြိုတင် ခန့်မှန်းချက်များကို သတိပြုနိုင်ကြပါရန်နှင့် သိရှိလိုက်နာသင့်သည့်အကြံပြုချက်များကို အချိန် နှင့်တစ်ပြေးညီ ဆက်လက်ထုတ်ပြန်ပေးမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management - NUG
Date of publication: 2021-06-07
Date of entry/update: 2021-06-07
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Title: Weather Forecast for the Week - ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွက် မိုးလေဝသခန့်မှန်းချက်
Description: "လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားရေးနှင့် ဘေးအန္တရာယ်ဆိုင်ရာစီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာနသည် ပြည်တွင်း၊ပြည်ပ မိုးလေဝသပညာရှင်များ၏ နည်းပညာပံ့ပိုးမှုဖြင့် (၇-၆-၂၀၂၁မှ ၁၃-၆-၂၀၂၁အထိ) ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွက် မိုးလေဝသခန့်မှန်းချက်ကို ထုတ်ပြန်အပ်ပါသည်။ အဆိုပါမိုးလေဝသ ခန့်မှန်းချက်များကို လိုအပ်သူများထံသို့ ပြန်လည်မျှဝေခြင်းဖြင့် ပူးပေါင်းကူညီနိုင်ပါသည်။ (မီဒီယာများအနေဖြင့် ပြန်လည်ကူးယူဖော်ပြလိုပါက ခန့်မှန်းချက်ထုတ်ပြန်ပေးကြသည့် မိုးလေဝသပညာရှင်များကို credit ပေးခြင်းဖြင့် အသိအမှတ်ပြုနိုင်ပါရန် အကြံပြုအပ်ပါသည်။)..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management - NUG
Date of publication: 2021-06-07
Date of entry/update: 2021-06-07
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Title: Weekly weather forecast - ရက်သတ္တပတ် မိုးလေဝသ ခန့်မှန်းချက် (၃၁.၀၅.၂၁ မှ ၀၆.၀၆.၂၁ထိ)
Description: "လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားရေးနှင့် ဘေးအန္တရာယ်ဆိုင်ရာ စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် ပြည်တွင်းပြည်ပ မိုးလေဝသပညာရှင်များ ပူးပေါင်း၍ ထုတ်ပြန်သော ရက်သတ္တပတ် မိုးလေဝသ ခန့်မှန်းချက် (၃၁.၀၅.၂၁ မှ ၀၆.၀၆.၂၁ထိ) ပုံတစ်ပုံချင်းတွင် အသေးစိတ် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ လိုအပ်သူများကို ပြန်လည်မျှဝေခြင်းဖြင့် ကူညီနိုင်ပါသည်။ (မီဒီယာများ ပြန်လည်ကူးတင်ပါက ဝန်ကြီးဌာနမှ မိုးလေဝသပညာရှင်များကို credit ပေးခြင်းဖြင့် အသိအမှတ်ပြုနိုင်ပါရန် အကြံပြုအပ်ပါသည်။)..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management - NUG
Date of publication: 2021-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-31
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Title: Tenure and social forestry in ASEAN Member States: Status, analysis and recommendations
Description: "To prosper, people who depend on forests must use, manage and benefit from those forests. They must also be secure in the knowledge that they will be able to carry on doing so for the foreseeable future. The majority of forestlands in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region are owned by central governments. However, many local communities and Indigenous Peoples live in and around these lands. They use, manage and rely on them but have no formal rights to do so. Prindex, the Global Property Rights Index, collects robust data on perceptions of land and property rights. A 2018 Prindex survey in Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam found that up to 62.3 million of people aged 18 and older felt insecure about their tenure rights.1 Even communities with some formal recognition of their right to use, manage and benefit from forestlands can feel insecure as those lands come under increasing pressure. Tenure arrangements throughout the world are complex and often contentious. Government officials, civil society, donors and rural communities recognize the need to increase tenure security in ASEAN. However, they have a limited understanding of how to do it. This report provides an entry point for state and non-state actors who face tenure issues as part of their work on social forestry. Social forestry is also known as community forestry, participatory forestry and village forestry. For consistency, this report uses the term social forestry. The main objectives of the report are to: ■ Provide an introduction and framework to customary and statutory tenure arrangements in ASEAN to help non-specialists understand and navigate their way around tenure issues ■ Identify the opportunities and challenges for customary and statutory arrangements that can help ensure people have secure tenure ■ Identify synergies and potential ways forward, recognizing the future pathways of social forestry through the programs of ASEAN Member States This report includes the following key conclusions and recommendations: Understanding the importance of tenure and addressing challenges: Secure tenure underlies numerous environmental and development goals. Tenure insecurity has been identified as one of the most significant barriers to achieving successful social forestry.2 Crucially, tenure insecurity is impeding progress on tackling the climate crisis. Therefore, strong and clear rights for local people that results in tenure security need to be prioritized throughout the region. This report provides an understanding of tenure arrangements and addresses common challenges faced by stakeholders in understanding tenure arrangements. It is a first step to unraveling the complexity and diversity of tenure arrangements across ASEAN. Further work is needed to fully break down barriers to discourse and make progress on improving tenure security to facilitate social forestry. For example, the diversity and technical nature of terminology in tenure arrangements is a significant challenge. To tackle tenure issues effectively, there must be both a common language to discuss them and a better understanding of forest tenure itself. ASEAN has an opportunity to help Member States work towards this through further research and partnership.....Preparing for a dynamic future: ASEAN faces unprecedented challenges from climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises. This means that social forestry needs to play a central role in the region over the next 10 years. Achieving secure tenure is a foundation for this.3 Conflict over tenure throughout Southeast Asia is escalating. Rapid economic growth in the region has reduced poverty but has also increased inequality and left marginalized communities even more vulnerable. This growth has also put more pressure on governments to expand development, which strains tenure arrangements and changes traditional community dynamics. Flexible, adaptable and multifunctional solutions to tenure issues are needed to cope with the challenges that lie ahead. They are also needed for meeting the changing needs and desires of communities in forestlands..."
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Source/publisher: ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, This project is funded by the European Union and Voices for Mekong forests
Date of publication: 2021-03-00
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-25
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Title: Building resilience of rural communities in Myanmar: Handbook for field practitioners
Description: "Myanmar’s rural population are extremely vulnerable given their low human development and high dependence upon natural resources for their livelihoods (including agriculture, fisheries and forestry). This has led to environmental degradation including deforestation and poor land use management practices, diminishing water sources and high rates of food insecurity and sickness etc. These pre-existing vulnerabilities combined with the large number of hazards affecting Myanmar including cyclones, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, storm surges, droughts and landslides have resulted in a high risk rural society. In addition, climate change and its associated impacts are already, and will likely continue to exacerbate the situation further through more frequent, intense and widespread extreme hazard events including cyclones, floods and droughts, and through increased temperatures, rainfall variability and sea level rises. Myanmar has taken steps to addressing risk to hazards including climate change at the national level through the development of Myanmar’s Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (MAPDRR) and the National Adaptation Program of Action on Climate Change (NAPA). However, in many cases rural communities are either not aware or have not yet benefited from the policies, strategies and actions outlined in these two documents. Communities are also those best placed to identify strategies and solutions to their problems as they are at the front line of hazard impact. It is therefore essential that urgent action is taken at the local level in partnership with communities, government, civil society and other stakeholders to implement actions identified in the NAPA and MAPDRR and increase the resilience of rural communities to hazards including climate change. This Handbook outlines a process whereby Malteser International staff and their partners can work in partnership with rural communities and local governments to address risk to hazards including climate change and increase community resilience. Firstly the Handbook outlines hazards, their associated impacts and sources of vulnerabilities facing rural communities in Myanmar. It then provides example actions and measures for inclusive disaster risk management and climate change adaptation at the community, township and state level. The Handbook then presents the case for an integrated approach to resilience building which embeds climate change adaptation strategies within a disaster risk management approach. The steps and tools for this approach are then described, before outlining how community resilience plans should be integrated into development plans at township and state level..."
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Source/publisher: "Malteser" via "Reliefweb" (New York)
Date of publication: 2020-07-28
Date of entry/update: 2020-07-30
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Title: Learning from Covid-19: Preparing for the impact of climate change on conflict and terrorism
Sub-title: climate change has the potential to destabilise various systems and institutions while simultaneously deepening the schisms between communities.
Description: "climate change has the potential to destabilise various systems and institutions while simultaneously deepening the schisms between communities. The unpredictable and pervasive nature of COVID-19 has influenced security conflicts across the globe in numerous ways. A few broad trends have come to light. Firstly, terrorist and extremist groups have used the pandemic as an opportunity to step up their attacks across different conflict theatres. These include Nigeria where Boko Haram is active, and Syria and Iraq where the so-called Islamic State has been ramping up its presence. Such an escalation of violence is due to the increased governmental reliance on military troops across different regions to handle the pandemic, reducing their capacity to effectively protect targets from attacks. For instance, the Indian military in Kashmir has been called on to engage with quarantine facilities as well as enforcement of social distancing, thus allowing terrorist groups to conduct more cross border attacks. Secondly, terror groups have also launched viral misinformation campaigns to increase the mayhem and chaos that has stemmed from the crisis, and various governments’ (mis)handling of the situation. This included highlighting the failing official responses as a reason to contend against the legitimacy of different governments, as highlighted in Egypt and Libya, targeting minorities as the cause of spreading the virus as was done by far right groups in the West as well as Hindu extremists in India. This also helped in capitalising on the polarisation of society to recruit more people, as was attempted by pro-Islamic State entities in India. Lastly, terrorist groups have also been engaged in providing emergency aid services to affected populations. This is both a matter of necessity, especially for terrorist groups that control territory (such as the Taliban), and an opportunity for those who want to underscore their ability to perform better than the government..."
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Source/publisher: "Observer Research Foundation (ORF)" (India)
Date of publication: 2020-07-29
Date of entry/update: 2020-07-30
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Title: New forest monitoring project in Myanmar to provide insight on sustainability
Topic: Climate Change, FAO, Forest Monitoring
Topic: Climate Change, FAO, Forest Monitoring
Description: "In Myanmar, a five-year project to monitor the country’s forests led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is set to get underway. Its goal is to measure and observe the country’s forests to evaluate efforts to curb greenhouse gases and prevent forest degradation. According to the FAO, the project is unique due to its reliance on human rights and a conflict-sensitive approach to forest monitoring, a first in a country where the central government remains mired in intermittent clashes with ethnic armies, many of which reside in forested areas in Myanmar’s border regions. In response to the announcement, Dr. Nyi Nyi Kyaw, director-general of Myanmar’s Forest Department in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, welcomed the FAO’s approach and took a conciliatory tone toward the country’s various ethnic groups. “We are in urgent need of better and updated data about the state of all the forests in Myanmar. This data will help to better plan and evaluate sustainable forest use and conservation in our country together with all stakeholders, public and private, and also in the land areas of our ethnic brothers and sisters,” he said. The project is a welcome addition to regional efforts to push back against the ill effects of deforestation and global warming. Its focus on human rights and sensitivity to conflict-prone areas, however, will depend on the backing of local communities to prevent good intentions from inflaming further conflict..."
Source/publisher: "ASEAN Today" (Singapore)
Date of publication: 2020-07-05
Date of entry/update: 2020-07-10
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Title: Strong monsoon wind makes heavy rain on southern Myanmar and deltaic areas
Description: "Monsoon wind is strong over South Bay of Bengal and southern parts of Myanmar and deltaic areas will have heavy rain, announced Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) on June 30. Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Nay Pyi Taw, lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway regions, and Eastern Shan State, scattered in Northern Shan State, fairly widespread in Yangon and Ayeyawady regions and Southern Shan State and widespread in the remaining regions and states with isolated heavy falls in Rakhine State. The recorded rainfalls are 3.58 inches in Gwa, 2.56 inches in Myeik, 2.28 inches in Putao, 2.08 inches in Bago, 1.60 inches in Shan Ywar Thit, 1.57 inches in Theinzayet, 1.54 in Chaungsone, 1.50 inches in Mawlamyaing, 1.45 inches each in Thaton, Dawei and Longlon, 1.39 inches in Yay, 1.35 inches in Paingkyone and 1.34 inches in Mrauk-U. Monsoon is moderate to strong over the Andaman Sea and South Bay and weak elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal. Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Nay Pyi Taw and Magway Region, scattered in lower Sagaing and Mandalay regions, Kayah State, fairly widespread in Yangon and Ayeyawady regions, Shan State and widespread in the remaining regions and states with isolated heavy falls in upper Sagaing and Taninthayi regions, Kachin and Mon states. Degree of certainty is 80%..."
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Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2020-07-01
Date of entry/update: 2020-07-01
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Title: AMPHAN likely to lead to scattered rains in Myanmar
Description: "The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology released a report on 18 May and the Emergency Management Centre of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement also published its findings on the weather situation, according to state media. The reports forecasted that the Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (AMPHAN) over the West Central Bay and adjoining South Bay of Bengal is expected to cross India, West Bengal and coastal areas of Bangladesh, without heading to Myanmar at present. Although the AMPHAN is not forecasted to move to Myanmar, scattered to fairly rain falls are possible across the country from 18 to 21 May..."
Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2020-05-19
Date of entry/update: 2020-05-19
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Title: Reduce risk of future epidemics by improving climate change commitments now, MPs warn
Description: "On International Earth Day, and as the coronavirus epidemic rages on in Southeast Asia, and the rest of the world, regional MPs are today warning of the need to combat climate change and environmental destruction in order to lower the risk of future health emergencies. “The coronavirus pandemic we are currently facing teaches us an important lesson; that we must anticipate and address crises before they are upon us, and panic sets in,” said Walden Bello, a former Philippines Member of Parliament (MP) and Board Member of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR). “The good news is that we can reduce the risk of future epidemics by addressing climate change and deforestation. To do that, we need ASEAN governments to clearly and officially commit to submitting more ambitious climate action plans before COP26 in 2021.” Research shows that the number of emerging infectious diseases, such as the coronavirus known as COVID-19, has grown considerably since the 1940s. Deforestation and urbanisation, by increasing our proximity to wildlife, have contributed to this alarming escalation. Yet, Southeast Asian governments have provided a worrying lack of protective measures against deforestation, ecosystem disruption and biodiversity loss in the region, APHR said. “Evidence shows that deforestation and urbanisation increase our risk of catching infectious diseases like coronavirus. Southeast Asia’s staggering rate of deforestation, with more than 32 million hectares of forest lost since 1990, puts the region especially at risk,” said Sarah Elago, a Philippines MP and APHR member. “Our governments have to act swiftly against deforestation by increasing protected areas and environmental safeguards against investment projects if we want to reduce the risk of reliving covid19-like epidemics,” ..."
Source/publisher: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
Date of publication: 2020-04-22
Date of entry/update: 2020-05-17
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Title: Myanmar at risk from extreme climate
Description: "According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2020, Myanmar has had the highest weather-related losses in the past two decades, alongside Puerto Rico and Haiti. It is said that Myanmar is also one of the most vulnerable countries at risk of climate crisis. The consequences of climate change can be seen around the world, with natural disasters and rising sea levels headlining global news. In Myanmar, severe flooding in recent years and 2008’s disastrous Nargis cyclonic storm have affected the lives of millions of locals and caused over 100,000 deaths. The deadly tropical cyclone was deemed as the worst natural disaster recorded in Myanmar’s history. The dry zone of Myanmar lies in the central portion of the country, home "to nearly a third of Myanmar’s total population. According to media reports, temperatures there are projected to rise by up to three degrees Celsius (3° C) after 2040. In the Irrawaddy delta, in the south – the mid-level projection for sea-level rise is up to 40 centimetres (cm) by 2050...
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Source/publisher: "The ASEAN Post" (Malaysia)
Date of publication: 2020-03-18
Date of entry/update: 2020-04-24
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Title: Myanmar gears up for action on climate change
Description: "United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his recent report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 that governments should not respond to the COVID-19 crisis by making policy and investment decisions that exacerbate existing crises such as air pollution and the climate emergency. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has made its commitment to “building back better” clear through, among other things, its ongoing work to promote the creation of green jobs and facilitating the transition to a carbon neutral future. Here’s one example from Asia. Myanmar is widely considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in terms of the impacts of climate change. More intense and frequent floods, cyclones and droughts have caused immense loss of life and damage to infrastructure and the economy and put its renowned biodiversity and natural resources under increasing pressure. Compared to many other countries in the region, Myanmar is currently much less prepared to respond to the challenges of global heating..."
Source/publisher: UN Environment Programme (UNEP) (Nairobi)
Date of publication: 2020-04-21
Date of entry/update: 2020-04-23
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Title: Rising sea levels put Myanmar's villages on frontline of climate change
Description: "Three years ago, the villagers watched as the Sittaung River on Myanmar’s southeast coast crept closer to them, swollen by powerful tidal surges from the Gulf of Mottama that eroded its banks. Eventually, the 1,500 residents of Ta Dar U had to accept the inevitable: move or be washed away. Dismantling their wooden homes, they relocated several kilometers inland, away from the fertile fields they had cultivated for decades. “Where we now see water, our farming land used to be,” said farmer Tint Khaing. “It was very big, nearly three hours’ walking distance. We all lost our farmland to the sea.” Ta Dar U is among hundreds of villages at the frontline of Myanmar’s climate crisis, where extreme weather patterns and rising sea levels have amplified and accelerated natural erosion. Environmentalists consider Myanmar to be particularly vulnerable. It was among the top three countries affected by extreme weather between 1998 and 2018 on the Global Climate Risk Index, published by environmental think tank Germanwatch..."
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Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication: 2020-02-27
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-27
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Title: Climate migrations in Myanmar
Description: ""We live in a part of the world that will be hit incredibly hard by climate change. The disruptions to agriculture and food security will be enormous. People will simply not be able to live as they are, where they are" Thant Myint U, 2018 “Climate Change” and “Migrations” are two international growing issues discussed everywhere but too rarely related to each other. From Myanmar’s perspective, not only as an agriculture-based country but also as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, “Climate Change” and “Migrations” are strongly related to each other. According to the World Bank, “by 2050 climate change could force more than 143 million people to move within their countries.” This includes 40 million people in South Asia neighboring Myanmar. At present, human beings are already fleeing dry zones turning into desert, river-delta being stroke by heavy monsoon and tropical cyclone. People are forced to escape the effects of climate change and the future only seems to get worst. Myanmar is no exception..."
Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2020-01-11
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-11
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Title: Mitigating climate change through organic agriculture
Sub-title: THIMPHU (Kuensel/ANN) - Even if global temperature change remains under 1.5°C to avert the worst impact of climate change, the Himalayan region would be two degrees hotter by 2100.
Description: "Even if global temperature change remains under 1.5°C to avert the worst impact of climate change, the Himalayan region would be two degrees hotter by 2100. With rising temperatures, about 36 percent of the glaciers in the region will be lost by the end of the century. This is according to a study conducted by Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Climate change and other environmental and socioeconomic drivers of change are testing the resilience of ecosystems and communities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), said Nand Kishor Agarwal, an official with ICIMOD. “And if further changes happen in the earth’s climate, the region will suffer the most.” Even a slight climatic change could affect more than a billion people downstream who depend on the Himalayan Mountains for freshwater, energy and other ecosystem services..."
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Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-12-21
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-11
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Title: Climate Change is Projected to Greatly Worsen Refugee Crises. Is the World Prepared?
Description: "The number of forcibly displaced people in the world is rising. 2017 marked the sixth consecutive year in a row that the displacement record was broken, and early numbers indicate 2018 followed suit. The United Nations refugee agency’s data shows nearly 70 million people in the world have been forced to flee their homes, and every two seconds another person suffers this fate as a result of conflict or persecution. Unfortunately, there is a rising population that is largely ignored when world leaders and humanitarian groups provide aid to help amend the global refugee crisis: the “climate refugee.” Conflict Catalyst: Climate change is catalyst for conflict and unrest, and the disruption of peoples’ livelihood creates a situation of permanent internal and external migration..."
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Source/publisher: "The Global Post" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-03-08
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-02
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Title: Dams and Climate Change Kill the Mekong
Description: "The swirling currents of the once mighty Mekong, shrunk by drought and increasingly crippled by dams point towards an unprecedented crisis of water governance along the more than 4,900 kilometers of southeast Asia’s longest river. “This is the worst ecological disaster in history of the Mekong,” declared Chainarong Setthachua, natural resources expert at Thailand’s Maha Sarakham University. “It should be a massive wakeup call for policymakers and leaders of the region.” After the July drought and the lowest water levels in more than a hundred years, water levels have still not recovered. “The water in the Mekong River has fallen to a critical level. Sand islands are now exposed along many sections of the waterway,” the Bangkok Post reported in October. The Mekong has long enchanted explorers, travelers and researchers. In more recent times, it has become the focus of commercial interests dominated by the exploitation of hydropower and sand mining. China embarked on a massive dam program with 11 dams already operating on the Upper Mekong. A recent study, published in Nature, documented “unprecedented changes due to the recent acceleration in large-scale dam construction.” While Chinese hydropower expansion attracts most attention, Thailand has also played a role in building dams and the Lao government is currently celebrating completion of the huge 1285-megawatt Xayaburi. At risk is the world’s largest inland fisheries, providing food security and livelihoods for 60 million people living downstream among the four member states of the Mekong River Commission – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, reports have long maintained..."
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Source/publisher: Yale Global Online (Yale University)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-02
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Title: A snapshot of climate strikes across Southeast Asia 'There is no planet B'
Description: "Several actions were organized across Southeast Asia from 20 to 22 September 2019 in support of the Global Climate Strike. One of the aims of the global strike was to mobilize young people and put pressure on world leaders who were scheduled to meet at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. The protest actions in Southeast Asia highlighted various issues such as the impact of large-scale mining, haze pollution, and continuing dependence on fossil fuels. Like in other parts of the world, the climate strikes in Southeast Asia featured the active participation and leadership of young people. Below is an overview of protest activities across Southeast Asia: Myanmar protesters demand the declaration of a climate emergency More than 200 people marched from the new Bogyoke Market to Sule Pagoda, and then gathered outside Mahabandoola Park in Yangon on 21 September. They urged the Myanmar government to declare a climate emergency, impose a moratorium on projects that harm the environment, and promote environmental justice..."
Source/publisher: "Global Voices"
Date of publication: 2019-09-25
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-02
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Title: What is the future of energy for Myanmar’s rural population?
Sub-title: To deliver on its goal of 100 per cent energy access by 2030, Myanmar will need to shake up its energy market. With hydropower facing increasing objection from society, how will the former hermit nation power its people for a more sustainable future?
Description: "Among the 10 countries that make up the Asean, Myanmar has the highest percentage of renewables in its energy mix - hydropower constitutes 65 per cent of generated electricity. But this figure alone masks the country’s absymal rate of electrification, with chronic power shortages a regular occurence and more than 40 per cent of its total population still lacking access to the national grid. Sixty per cent of Myanmar’s rural populace live off gid, relying on polluting, expensive kerosene lamps and firewood to illuminate their homes. Providing clean and sustainable electricity to off-grid areas is a challenge, to say the least. Assaad Razzouk, chief executive of clean energy projects developer Sindicatum Sustainable Resources comments: “Even India, a country that has seen great success in scaling up utility-scale solar, has struggled to scale up distributed and rooftop solar [in rural villages]. Fundamentally what’s required are clear government policies and credit support for the rural population.” This has not stopped the previous government from announcing its goal to provide full access to electricity by 2030. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) inherited these lofty ambitions when it swept into power later that same year, as well as a growing economy with low foreign direct investment and weak infrastructure..."
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Source/publisher: "Eco-Business" (Singapore)
Date of publication: 2019-05-30
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-02
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Title: Is ASEAN losing its battle with climate change?
Description: "A series of key reports released over the past month have proven just how ineffective global efforts to address climate change have been. Greenhouse gases (GHG) keep on rising, and the planned production of fossil fuels provides countries with no chance of achieving the 2015 Paris Agreement – a treaty ratified by 184 countries which aims to limit global temperature increases to below two degrees Celsius by 2100 and no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Despite ambitious goals, the voluntary nature of the Paris Agreement – along with its numerous loopholes and technicalities – means that decisive action in reducing emissions, addressing climate change and adopting renewable energy remains elusive. With Southeast Asia expected to face the brunt of the damage from climate change, a report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) yesterday that GHG in the atmosphere have reached another new record high means that the region can look forward to more rising temperatures, sea levels and disruptions to marine and land ecosystems. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) noted last year that average temperatures in Southeast Asia have risen every decade since 1960 – with Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam among the 10 countries in the world most affected by climate change in the past 20 years..."
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Source/publisher: "The ASEAN Post" (Malaysia)
Date of publication: 2019-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-26
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Title: Potential Environmental and Social Impacts of Chinese Mega-Projects in Myanmar Raise Concerns
Topic: air, backbone projects, Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar, BCIM, Belt and Road initiative, biodiversity, BRI, China, China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group, China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, CITIC, Climate Change, CMEC, CNICO, Development, economic benefit, endangered species, Environment, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, ESIA, Forests, Global Warming, growth, Infrastructure, Investment, Irrawaddy River, Kyaukphyu, land grabbing, Letpadaung Taung copper mine, mega projects, Muse-Mandalay Railway, Natural Resources, noise pollution, oil and gas pipeline, Pollution, port, Protest, Railway, sea, SEZ, social impact, Special Economic Zone, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Wanbao Mining Company, Water
Topic: air, backbone projects, Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar, BCIM, Belt and Road initiative, biodiversity, BRI, China, China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group, China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, CITIC, Climate Change, CMEC, CNICO, Development, economic benefit, endangered species, Environment, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, ESIA, Forests, Global Warming, growth, Infrastructure, Investment, Irrawaddy River, Kyaukphyu, land grabbing, Letpadaung Taung copper mine, mega projects, Muse-Mandalay Railway, Natural Resources, noise pollution, oil and gas pipeline, Pollution, port, Protest, Railway, sea, SEZ, social impact, Special Economic Zone, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Wanbao Mining Company, Water
Description: "With more and more Chinese investment flowing into the country, many key government officials are speaking out in support of the projects, which range from a high-speed railway line to special economic zones to seaports. At several local investment forums, they have voiced the view that China’s grand infrastructure projects will bring economic development to Myanmar and economic benefits to local people, while boosting the country’s strategic importance in the region. But what they have so far failed to mention is the possible environmental and social impacts of the projects on host communities. They rarely talk about how the projects threaten biodiversity, protected forests and natural water resources. Faced with this official silence, experts and activists worry aloud about land confiscations, influxes of migrants, loss of livelihoods and air, water and noise pollution in the project areas. Massive project-related activities are now being implemented under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) framework in Myanmar, following the signing last year of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China to establish the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC)..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2019-11-19
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-20
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Title: Burma’s Indigenous Karen Communities Move to Protect Rivers, Forests
Topic: Climate change, environment, Karen
Sub-title: Communities in rural Karen State don’t refer to climate change by name, but they have experienced its negative impacts and are responding.
Topic: Climate change, environment, Karen
Description: "At the foot of Maw Law Ei Mountain, the highest peak in eastern Myanmar’s Karen State, increasing temperatures, drought and extreme weather events, such as flash-flooding, have become common. Members of the indigenous groups that make up the majority of the population here, talk about the significant changes they’ve seen in both the natural environment and the climate. “In the past, it was cooler because we had many big trees,” said Kyaw Blar, a villager from Ta Deh Koh village, one of the villages at the foot of Maw Law Ei mountain (pronounced Mulayit). “It’s all plain area now… it is hotter now.” Myanmar, also known as Burma, is among the countries most vulnerable to extreme weather events related to climate change. In 2019 Germanwatch, ranked Burma 3rd in its Global Climate Risk Index on the long-term climate change risk table, which analyses quantified impacts of extreme weather events both in terms of fatalities as well as economic losses that occurred in the 20-year period; from 1998-2017 (link here). Yet not many people in rural Karen State are aware of climate change’s direct causes or even use the term to refer to the changes they’re seeing. They are, however, among a growing number of vulnerable people forced to cope with the impacts of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change..."
Source/publisher: "Karen News" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-13
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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Title: Myanmar faces the risks of climate change impacts caused by deforestation
Description: "Myanmar is facing the risks of climate change impacts as the country’s annual deforestation rate between 2010 and 2015 reached 1.72 per cent, said Ohn Win, Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation at a workshop on the suggestion on the analytical results of the village firewood plantation law and bylaw, at Tungapuri Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on June 7. In his opening speech, the Union Minister said, “The country’s forest resources are declining due to the facts such as agricultural extension, rapid urbanization, high demands for firewood, excessive timber extraction and illegal timber logging. According to the FAO’s FRA-2015, the forest coverage area accounts for 42.92 per cent of the country’s total area. The climate changes hamper the sustainable development of the country. It is found that the country is in need of village firewood forest plantations for the firewood, fuel and other basic forest products which are essential for the people. To satisfy the firewood needs of the rural people, the establishment of 1.35 million acres of the village firewood plantations and 2.27 million acres of community-owned forest plantations, from 2010 to 2030, is clearly described in the major project for the National Forest Sector, the Union Minister added..."
Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-06-09
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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Title: Climate change as a health threat
Topic: Health
Topic: Health
Description: "Like it or not, daily decisions we make – from our methods of transportation, what clothes we buy, to the food and drinks we consume – directly impact the environment by contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and the production of harmful waste. Millions of people around the world, often led by school children and young people, recently took to the streets to protest widespread political inaction. Despite compelling evidence that the earth is warming at unprecedented levels, they were frustrated that nothing was happening in the world’s parliaments and company boardrooms. Climate change is a health emergency as much as it is a global emergency with far reaching socio-economic and geo-political consequences. While global warming is poised to hit developing nations the hardest, these countries will also be the least prepared to cope with its consequences. Naturally, doctors around the world are adding their voices to the rising and compelling calls for action, in the hopes of saving more than a quarter of a million lives if our civilisation carries on ‘business as usual’. “Anthropocene”: Evidence continues to mount that human activities are leaving indelible marks on the planet leading it on a path of irreversible change. Some experts believe human activities have even ushered in a new geological epoch on earth, called the “Anthropocene” (anthropo, for “human,” and cene, for “new”) characterised by plastic pollution, mass animal extinctions and traces of radioactive substances dispersed across the earth from nuclear tests. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has produced reports detailing just how much more drastic and hazardous the effects would be if the earth warmed by 2 degrees, compared to 1.5 degrees, by 2030..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-15
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Title: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology: Depression No.2, 2019, 5th November, 2019 18:00 MST
Description: "According to the observations at (17:30)hrs M.S.T today, the depression over the Eastcentral Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal has moved Westwards and centered at about (130) nautical miles West-Northwest of Maya Bandar (Andaman Islands), India, (490) nautical miles Southeast of Paradip (Odisha), India, (170) nautical miles Southwest of Coco-Island, (320) nautical miles Southwest of Pathein (Myanmar). It is not moving towards Myanmar coasts, the present stage of the depression is coded yellow stage. Position of depression, center pressure and wind Depression is located at Latitude (13.1) degree North and Longitude (90.7) degree East, centre pressure of depression is (1003) hPa and maximum wind speed near the center is (35)miles per hour at (17:30) hrs MST today. During next (24)hrs forecast: The depression is likely to intensify into a deep depression during next (12)hrs and into a cyclonic strom during next (24)hrs. It is very likely to move West-Northwestwards initally and then North-Northwestwards. General caution: Due to the depression, rain or thundershowers will be fairly widespread in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyarwady and Thanintharyi Regions, Rakhine States, scattered in Naypyitaw, Lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions, Shan, Kayah, Kayin and Mon States within next (48)hours commencing today evening. Occasional squalls with rough to very rough seas will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (40)m.p.h. Wave height will be about (8-12) feet off and along Myanmar Coasts..."
Source/publisher: Government of Myanmar via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-06
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Title: Recovery takes root in Myanmar
Topic: Climate Change Myanmar, Sustainability
Topic: Climate Change Myanmar, Sustainability
Description: "In July 2018, Myanmar experienced severe monsoon floods and landslides, which devastated several states including Kayin, Mon, Tanintharyi and Bago. At least 20 people died, 268,438 were displaced, and infrastructure damage was estimated at US$3.6 million. Farmers were especially hard hit. “Our paddy fields were completely destroyed. Since the roads were damaged, we could not work in the fields or go to the market to sell our produce,” says Daw Yi Htwe, a mother of seven who ekes out a living growing rice. “The children couldn’t go to school and had to stay at home.” Daw Yi Htwe’s children range from nine to 30 years in age, the eldest having left the town for work in Thailand. She wants them to be educated and have a better future. Paddy farming forms the backbone of Myanmar’s agriculture. Mon state has approximately three million acres of arable land, most of it rice paddies. When monsoon flooding hit 90 percent of the crop damage was in the paddies, and small-scale farmers were hardest hit. Ah Hta Ya village, with its unpaved roads and wooden houses with sloping roofs, sits next to the Attran river that elegantly snakes through the landscape. Picturesque as this might seem, and despite the benefits for agriculture and rearing livestock, the river’s proximity can wreak havoc during the monsoon..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-10-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-01
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Title: Environmental damage caused by China-Myanmar oil pipeline not addressed, says NGO
Description: "The Pyinoolwin Green Organization claims that despite their efforts to highlight the environmental damage caused by the building of the Sino-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline, officials have done little to respond. Sai Min Latt from Pyinoolwin Green Organization said, “The gas pipeline has destroyed springs and other water sources but the local people do not understand this. We presented the destruction of the ecosystem and forest to the officials concerned but they did not take any effective measures. So we do not know what we shall do as they did not do anything in response to our presentations. So I came to this opening ceremony of a school built by the company held today to tell them this is not enough for the destruction they caused.” Sai Min Latt expressed these concerns during the handing over ceremony of a school donated by SEAOP-SEAGP Sino-Myanmar oil and gas pipelines, held in Thone Daung village, Pyinoolwin Township on October 25. “The local people want to see the repair of the damage of ecosystem caused by the building of this Sino-Myanmar gas and oil pipeline. Not only giving this school building. They want the company to give them other things that are needed. Pyinoolwin was once a famous hill resort but now destruction of ecosystem worsens climate change damage here,” he added..."
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Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-10-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-26
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Title: Surfers ride the wave of ocean action in Myanmar blue forest
Topic: Oceans & seas, Climate change, Ecosystems
Topic: Oceans & seas, Climate change, Ecosystems
Description: "Ocean lovers are often left out of the bigger environmental discussions and so struggle to see how they can do their part to stop climate change. But one organization, Sustainable Surf, is committed to changing all that by directly engaging the global surfing community to save and restore threatened mangrove forest ecosystems. Mangroves are five times more effective at sequestering carbon emissions than land-based trees. “Many people, including most ocean-minded individuals, inherently understand the real value of restoring coastal ecosystems as a way to protect our oceans, and ourselves. But they need an easier and more engaging pathway to get involved, and that’s why we’re launching project SeaTrees,” said Michael Stewart, co-founder of Sustainable Surf. The ocean-health innovation lab uses surf culture to sell a sustainable lifestyle to an audience all around the world. With SeaTrees, it will provide an online portal to surfers worldwide to calculate and offset their carbon footprint, then become ‘carbon positive’ by funding new mangrove trees. “The goal is to plant one million trees on behalf of the global surfing community in 2019,” said Stewart, who plans to ride the same wave that advertisers have used for years to sell products using surf culture, celebrities and events, but to promote conservation rather than consumption. “Every corporation in the world that you can think of … They all use the imagery of surf and surf culture and coastal ecosystems to sell their products,” he said..."
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Source/publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Date of publication: 2019-02-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-07
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Title: Biodiversity, people’s livelihoods at risk in Chindwin River Basin
Sub-title: The Chindwin River, the largest tributary of the Ayeyarwady River, is vital to the lives of thousands of communities in Myanmar. Its basin ecosystem offers ecological services and biological diversity that provide the essential needs for six million peopl
Description: "The Chindwin basin’s rich natural resources face a range of threats due to unchecked development, which include mining and logging that are clearing forests, hydropower dams, expansion of crops and irrigated farmland as well as the impact of climate change. These threats directly affect the health, well-being and income of the basin’s communities, and its biodiversity. The changes in the basin –water pollution, river bank erosion, and sedimentation, which causes narrowing or shallowing of the riverbed – are key environmental concerns for local communities. While Myanmar’s forests have been rapidly disappearing, the Chindwin Basin is still one of the country’s most densely forested areas, with nearly half (47.7 percent) covered with a variety of forest types, including montane, deciduous, temperate, subtropical, dry, and rainforest.The basin hosts 14 of the country’s “key biodiversity areas,” which are considered crucial to maintaining global biodiversity. These key areas cover over 51pc of the basin, which is home to a number of rare and endemic species of flora and fauna. The endangered Burmese roofed turtle, for instance, is only found in the Ayeyarwady, Chindwin, Sittaung, and lower Thanlwin rivers..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-02-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-03
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Title: Myanmar: Monsoon Floods Emergency Plan of Action Operation Update n° 1 DREF n° MDMM012
Description: "As of this reporting period, Myanmar Red Cross (MRCS) has reached more than 62,000 people through more than 680 volunteers with different services including dissemination of early warning early action messages, assisting in the evacuation process, managing evacuation sites, rapid needs assessment, provision of first aid services and psychosocial support. MRCS is recognised as one of the main first responders to floods and landslides, and the key actor in coordination with local authorities aiming to reach remote areas. Access of MRCS staff and volunteers to areas submerged in flood waters have been supported through the provision of boats. MRCS has provided direct assistance in the form of emergency cash amounting to a total of CHF27,000 (MMK41,440,000) to more than 4,000 people in Kachin and Mon states; and household items to more than 22,000 people in various states and regions. These were supported through utilizing existing stocks, the MRCS Emergency Management Fund (EMF), local donors, and the private sector. In addition to the EMF, the MRCS has mobilized additional resources to support the operations through the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF), bilateral support from PNS, and donations from the private sector and local donors. MRCS Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) in Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon have been alert, continuously monitoring and disseminating early warning information, and gathering data on needs and response activities from branches. While full activation of MRCS SOPs was not done, cross-departmental coordination was initiated at the start of the operation through weekly update meetings starting 23 August 2019. Key department representatives from Disaster Management (DM), Health, First Aid and Safety Services (FASS), and WASH Unit were also involved in facilitating the MRCS Response Operation Planning meeting. Overview of Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in country IFRC has provided support to the MRCS in developing an overall Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) which encompasses the support from the DREF, other PNS such as the Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) and the German Red Cross (GRC), private sector and local donors. This aims to ensure a comprehensive and coordinate approach on the Floods Operations led by the National Society. The DREF allocation is complemented with the support from the TRC on replenishment of household items and procurement of boats, and the GRC on trainings, provision of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for staff and volunteers, and the procurement of boats. Technical support on the development and update of the EPoA, planning on rapid assessment, and coordination were provided by the American Red Cross and the Finnish Red Cross. MRCS has conducted two (2) coordination meetings to share response operation updates and the EPoA with the participation of Movement Partners and weekly update meetings starting 23 August 2019 with MRCS key departments as part of the Emergency Task Force. With the support from IFRC, MRCS has developed the Procurement Plan and initiated the recruitment process for HR support under the DREF. MRCS organized a Response Operation Planning meeting on 6 September 2019 with the participation of key departments and representatives from the state/region and township branches. MRCS, with the support of IFRC, conducted a Communications field visit in Mon and Tanintharyi from 11 – 14 September 2019 to develop communications materials from interviews with communities and branch staff and volunteers involved in the operations. On 22 August 2019, the IFRC released CHF 299,975 from the DREF to support MRCS respond to the escalating situation, after their own capacity and resources was exceeded. The major donors and partners of the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) include the Red Cross Societies and governments of Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, German, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as DG ECHO and Blizzard Entertainment, Mondelez International Foundation, and Fortive Corporation and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the national society, would like to extend thanks to all for their generous contributions..."
Source/publisher: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies via Reliefweb
Date of publication: 2019-09-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-25
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Title: Climate Strike protesters take to the streets of Myanmar
Description: "People took to the street in Yangon on September 22 to participate in the Global Climate Strike Myanmar. The activity was led by youth organizations and students numbering about 200 or more people. They marched from new Bogyoke Market to Sule Pagoda, and then gathered outside Mahabandoola Park. Activists from Myanmar joined the movement since the global climate strike movement began on May 24. Strike for Climate Myanmar has made three basic demands. Firstly, they have urged the government to officially recognize emergency situations related to climate and to take the required action. Secondly, they have called for a stop to all projects that can harm the natural environment and climate as soon as possible. And, thirdly, they called for environmental justice for all in Myanmar society. Strike for Climate Myanmar says the situation of the natural environment is bad in developing countries like Myanmar, so they think they should urge relevant authorities to establish suitable policies for natural disaster management and to implement those policies, and that’s why they organized the activity..."
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Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-09-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-23
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Title: Climate change matters to Myanmar
Sub-title: Myanmar faces many development challenges, but climate change presents the greatest of all. While the effects of climate change are felt in many ways, it is the threat to the country’s future development that makes it so significant.
Description: "Myanmar’s location and physical diversity means climate change takes many forms – in the dry zone, temperatures are increasing and droughts are becoming more prevalent, while the coastal zone remains at constant risk of intensifying cyclones. Extreme flooding in the current wet season has seen over 190,000 people seek emergency shelter, with the damage to homes, schools and farms compounding the impact of last year’s floods, and those from the year before. More intense and frequent climatic events would greatly affect Myanmar, which is already one of the most vulnerable countries to extreme weather events. With memories of 2008’s catastrophic Cyclone Nargis still vivid, the development gains that have been made in recent years remain highly susceptible to such risks. The need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from, these natural disasters costs time and resources that could otherwise be spent on more pressing development priorities. There is no question that Myanmar must work with the international community to slow down and reverse global warming, while also building its resilience. The government of Myanmar recognises that a clean environment, with healthy and functioning ecosystems, is the foundation upon which the country’s social, cultural and economic development must be sustained. It has therefore committed to a national development framework that incorporates the notion of environmental sustainability for future generations by systematically embedding environmental and climate considerations into all future policies and projects..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-09-20
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-20
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Title: Fighting climate change with bamboo
Topic: Bamboo construction, Climate Change, Global Warming, ASEAN
Topic: Bamboo construction, Climate Change, Global Warming, ASEAN
Description: "The world has 11 years left, as reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to beef up its efforts to reduce global temperatures before it crosses the threshold leading to climate catastrophe. While ASEAN countries have expressed their joint commitment through national pledges to take action and fight climate change, they are also focusing on developing their nations as well. GlobalData’s lead economist for Construction Industry, Danny Richards, said that construction output among ASEAN member states will grow six percent annually over the next five years. However, the building sector accounts for 39 percent of global carbon emissions, where 28 percent is from building operations (heating, cooling, lighting, etc.) and 11 percent is attributed to embodied-carbon emission which refers to carbon that is released during the construction process and material manufacturing. Cement and steel emit eight percent and nine percent, respectively of the total amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world. Director of the World Green Building Council (World GBC), James Drinkwater, says that once a building of high-embodied-carbon emission is constructed, those emissions add to the total amount of carbon in the air. The construction sector can reduce carbon emission by using materials with low or no embodied carbon..."
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Source/publisher: "The ASEAN Post"
Date of publication: 2019-05-09
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-18
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Title: Myanmar at risk from worsening climate crisis
Description: "The risks of climate change to Myanmar were discussed at a seminar for MPs organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Naypyitaw this week. The event held on September 9 gave MPs from seven Hluttaw committees a chance to discuss the issue with three international climate and environment experts working in South East Asia – including Camilla Fenning, the Head of the UK Government’s South East Asia Climate and Energy Network. Camilla Fenning, Head of the South East Asia Climate and Energy Network, UK Foreign Office, commented that: “Hearing from MPs about Myanmar’s climate and environmental challenges underlined the need for urgent climate action by all countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and step up collaboration on resilience and climate finance. Discussions also highlighted Myanmar’s huge potential for renewable energy and the economic and environmental benefits investment in green growth could bring.”..."
Source/publisher: "Mizzima"
Date of publication: 2019-09-14
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-14
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Title: Find A Way: IOM Commits to Climate Migration
Description: "When Cyclone Komen hit Myanmar in 2015, Daw Lawng Hngel and her family had barely a moment’s notice to pack up their lives and escape the devastating landslides. In the same year, tropical storm Mayak uprooted 6,500 islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia, including Detora and her family, who have lived on the island of Chuuk state for generations. For several years now, the threat of drought and famine in southern Madagascar has forced farmers like Amadou Botokeky to burn their fields and look for livelihoods in other parts of the country. Meanwhile, in the vast expanse of the Mongolian grasslands, T S Munkhsukh worries about the harsh winters and summer droughts, and the future of nomadic herders and their livestock. The stories of Daw Lawng Hngel, Detora, Amadou Botokeky and T S Munkhsukh are part of a growing group of migrants on the move because of climate change. They may live thousands of miles apart from each other, but they share a common reality: accelerated climate change is threatening their homes and drastically altering their way of life. Hazards such as floods, storm surges, droughts, cyclones and heavy precipitation, accentuated by climate change, take a huge toll on communities and force millions of people out of their homes every year. Climate migration is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Unless action is taken, by 2050, there will be over 143 million people forced to migrate due to climate change across these three regions alone. Migration due to environmental changes is not a new phenomenon – what is new is the intensity and severity of these drivers due to our changing climate..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Date of publication: 2019-09-10
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-12
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Title: Find A Way: IOM Commits to Climate Migration
Description: "When Cyclone Komen hit Myanmar in 2015, Daw Lawng Hngel and her family had barely a moment’s notice to pack up their lives and escape the devastating landslides. In the same year, tropical storm Mayak uprooted 6,500 islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia, including Detora and her family, who have lived on the island of Chuuk state for generations. For several years now, the threat of drought and famine in southern Madagascar has forced farmers like Amadou Botokeky to burn their fields and look for livelihoods in other parts of the country. Meanwhile, in the vast expanse of the Mongolian grasslands, T S Munkhsukh worries about the harsh winters and summer droughts, and the future of nomadic herders and their livestock. The stories of Daw Lawng Hngel, Detora, Amadou Botokeky and T S Munkhsukh are part of a growing group of migrants on the move because of climate change. They may live thousands of miles apart from each other, but they share a common reality: accelerated climate change is threatening their homes and drastically altering their way of life. Hazards such as floods, storm surges, droughts, cyclones and heavy precipitation, accentuated by climate change, take a huge toll on communities and force millions of people out of their homes every year. Climate migration is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Unless action is taken, by 2050, there will be over 143 million people forced to migrate due to climate change across these three regions alone. Migration due to environmental changes is not a new phenomenon – what is new is the intensity and severity of these drivers due to our changing climate..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Date of publication: 2019-09-10
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-12
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Title: The salty taste of climate change
Sub-title: Salt water is seeping into freshwater underground aquifers that are used to irrigate crops and provide communities with water for drinking and washing, but because these aquifers are out of sight, they get less attention than surface water...
Description: "U Myint Thein, a senior hydro-geologist, has urged government agencies in Myanmar to create policies, legislation and other supporting tools to help preserve groundwater. “To control and reduce vulnerability to climate change – as well as to the overexploitation by human activity – policies, legislation and other supporting tools should be developed by government agencies in a coordinated manner when enacting norms and regulations,” U Myint Thein said. Meanwhile, farmers in need of a quick fix and engineers concerned about the safety of coastal communities are calling for protective polders that can be used to reduce flooding and allow for seasonal planting. Polders are low-lying tracts of land that have been reclaimed from the sea and are surrounded by dikes that create boundaries where the water may be drained off through tide gates and automatically closed to prevent re-entry of seawater at high tide. The land surface here suffers less saltwater intrusion and allows fresh water to recharge the aquifer. Therefore, even though the groundwater cannot be used for domestic purposes, farmers can still use the land to grow rice paddy and create a reservoir to store rainwater. Polders created in Pyapon and Bogale townships in the lower Ayeyarwady delta by the Paddy I Project, initiated by the World Bank from 1976 to 1985, for many years helped reclaim abandoned farmland in lower Myanmar. The project has helped to reduce flooding, control fresh water and allow for seasonal planting. But the polders need to be built higher in order to prepare for climate change and protect against extreme cases like Cyclone Nargis, according to local engineers. That cyclone destroyed over 23,000 hectares of paddy fields in 2008, causing over 100,000 deaths in the delta..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" via Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-09-10
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-11
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Title: Myanmar issues climate change policies as World Bank sounds environment alarm
Description: "IN RESPONSE to emerging environmental issues caused by heavy reliance on natural resources, Myanmar has come up with new policies on national environment and climate change as well as a master plan, Kyaw Zaw, deputy permanent secretary at the natural and environmental conservation ministry, said. The official told The Nation on Tuesday that Myanmar’s efforts in conserving the environment will become more effective once the new policies and guidelines are in place. “In the past, some of our operations were not as effective as expected because we lacked concrete policy framework and rules,” he said. “Our president recently announced the national environment policy and the climate-change master plan, with support from the United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP] and other development partners. We are now implementing these policies to ensure we protect our environment well.” Kyaw Zaw said the policies would be implemented through short- and long-term development plans. Also, he said, investment will be made in the implementation of policies in cooperation with development partners. President Win Myint announced the launch of the policies on June 5, World Environment Day. He said the aim was to ensure a clean environment with healthy, functioning ecosystems as well as a carbon-resilient, low-carbon society. He also urged investment in renewable energy. Kyaw Zaw, meanwhile, stressed on the need to cooperate with the private sector, urging businesses to follow the environment ministry’s instructions to create a sustainable society. “Whenever a development project is implemented, there can be adverse impacts – both socially and physically. As a regulator, we are trying to minimise such impacts,” he said. On Monday, the environment ministry held talks with World Bank Myanmar to foster cooperation in conservation work. The discussion focused on investment issues, development and capacity building works in prioritised regions, translating newly-prepared instructions into ethnic languages, effective cooperation with locals, drawing up programmes for joint funding to implement waste-management strategy, cooperation with respective states and regions to manage tourism-related wastes..."
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Source/publisher: "The Nation Thailand"
Date of publication: 2019-06-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-31
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Title: The Study of Myanmar’s Climate Change Impacts
Description: "Last two weeks on the 5th of June during World Environment Day celebrations, I was in Nyaungshwe town. By 5pm Saya O-pekyal and I attended the planting ceremony. Planting trees are higher than the height of a man; trees are known to be of species of persimmon. I haven’t asked whether it was Myanmar family or that of a neighboring country. As far as I understand whether they are of Myanmar family or foreign ones, it is important that they grow well in our homeland. During the ceremony, an authority from Town Development Committee said that something I could not ignore in accordance with the 2006 survey: the untimely death rate was as high as 20,000 because of air pollution and its related conditions. The day happened to be “ World Environment Day”; the celebrations on the theme of “ Beat Air Pollution” are being held throughout the world..."
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Digital News"
Date of publication: 2019-06-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-31
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Title: Monsoon flooding, landslides kill 90, injure 65 across Myanmar in 2 months
Description: "At least 90 people were killed with 65 others injured by severe monsoon flooding and landslides, which occurred nationwide in Myanmar since late June this year, an official from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement told Xinhua. From June 25 to Aug. 26, monsoon rains have led to widespread flooding and landslides, displacing a total of 211,800 residents across Myanmar, said an official from the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) under the ministry. During the two-month period, 291 houses were destroyed, along with floods and landslides across the country. Of affected regions and states, Mon state suffered the most, with 78 deaths, 64 injured and 42,445 victims, as a massive landslide took place at Ma-lat mountain in Paung township earlier this month. At present, some evacuation sites were closed as residents returned to their homes, but a total of 12 evacuation sites are still open, accommodating 4,485 victims from Bago, Magway, Mandalay regions and Kayin state, the committee official told Xinhua..."
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Source/publisher: "Xinhua"
Date of publication: 2019-08-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-29
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Title: Myanmar’s Environmental Challenges
Description: "After eight years collecting dust on the planning shelves and also at the confluence of the Mali and N’mai Rivers in upper Burma, the Chinese are seeking to revive the Myitsone Dam, which has been stalled since 2011 after then-President Thein Sein, in an unprecedented about-turn, put it on hold amid massive protest. In late 2009, as Asia Sentinel reported, a team of 80 Burmese and Chinese scientists and environmentalists conducted a 945-page environmental impact study of the Myitsone Dam for China Power Investment itself and concluded that the dam should never be built. Although the Chinese government ignored the recommendations of its own scientists, the Burma Rivers Network, which opposes the dam, obtained a copy of the assessment and made it public. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Electric Power-1 said it had done its own environmental assessment and the dam would be built regardless. The Myitsone dam was opposed by a wide range of environmentalists, social activists, artists and others including Aung San Suu Kyi, who requested a review of the facility earlier this year. Thousands of people have been displaced from its catchment area, which is said to be as big as the island of Singapore. Beijing nonetheless sees Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis as a perfect opportunity to rekindle the dam, which would displace thousands of local people in Kachin State and flood a vast area of significant biodiversity and natural resources..."
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Source/publisher: "Asia Sentinel"
Date of publication: 2019-08-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-18
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Title: Today Myanmar - Flood Disaster
Description: ""Today Myanmar" is the update on the developments of Myanmar since its opening to the world, job & business opportunities, travel, food and its trend. It'll keep you in touch with new Myanmar and its current situation. ကမ္ဘာ့နိုင်ငံများနှင့်ကဏ္ဍအသီးသီးတွင်ပိုမိုချစ်ကြည်ရင်းနှီးစွာ အရှိန်အဟုန်မြှင့် ကျိုးတူပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်လာသည်နှင့်အမျှ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်လာသောမြန်မာ့စီးပွားရေးနှင့် အလုပ်အကိုင်အခွင့်အလမ်းများ၊ ခရီးသွားလုပ်ငန်း၊ စိုက်ပျိုးရေးနှင့်စားသောက် ကုန်လုပ်ငန်းများ၊ သွင်းကုန်ပို့ကုန်လုပ်ငန်းများ အစရှိသည့်ကဏ္ဍအစုံစုံမှသည် မျက်မှောက်ခေတ်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ဦးတည်ရာ အလားအလာ၊ လက်ရှိအခြေအနေနှင့် ဖြစ်ပေါ်ပြောင်းလဲတိုးတက်မှုများကို အချိန်နှင့်တပြေးညီ တင်ဆက်ပေးနေသည့် အစီအစဉ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ဒီတစ်ပတ်မှာတော့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအနှံ့ရေကြီးရေလျှံမူများဖြစ်ပေါ်ခြင်းကြောင့် ရေဘေးအန္တရယ်ခံစားနေရသောပြည်သူများ၏ခံစားချက်များနှင့် ဒေါက်တာထွန်းဦးလွန်းရဲ့အကြံပေးတင်ပြချက်များကို တင်ဆက်ပေးလိုက်ရပါတယ်။..."
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Source/publisher: "mitv"
Date of publication: 2016-08-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-15
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Title: Myanmar Monsoon Floods Update (As of 11 August 2019)
Description: "As of Sunday 11 August 2019, there were more than 80,000 people sheltering in evacuation sites across Myanmar, as the country has been battered over the last week by torrential monsoon rains that triggered a landslide in Paung Township, Mon State, killing more than 50 people on Friday, with many people still missing. While in some areas, such as in Kachin and Rakhine States, people returned home once floods subsided, the run-off and continuous heavy rainfalls have rivers swelling and overflowing downstream. Mon State is currently the worst-hit, with more than 26,000 people in evacuation sites, but Bago Region also now has more than 20,000 people displaced by the floods. Kayin State and Sagaing Region are also being buffeted by the rains. Over the next few days, the forecast is for more rain, with the risk of further flooding. According to Myanmar’s Department of Disaster Management, more than 150,000 people have been cumulatively displaced since the floods began in June. The first responders are local communities themselves – private individuals who bring rice or provide help however they can to people affected by the emergency. In addition, the various authorities in Myanmar – the Fire Services, the local administrations and the Military – as well as the Myanmar Red Cross, monasteries, churches and other faith groups, civil society and the private sector have mobilized to respond. The authorities have moved people to evacuation sites, transported the injured to hospital, and provided food, cash, and non-food items such as blankets, sleeping mats and other essentials. The international humanitarian community is responding when and where the national response capacities become overstretched. On Tuesday 13 August, a UN-led inter-agency monitoring team will travel to Mon to determine specific needs and gaps in current levels of assistance, where the international community is able to support..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date of publication: 2019-08-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-13
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Title: Flash Update: No. 01 – Flooding and Landslide in Southern Myanmar – 11 August 2019
Description: "• Continuous Monsoon rain since the start of the month resulted to flooding in several areas in Southern Myanmar – Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kayin, Mon, and Tanintharyi. • According to the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), a rain-induced landslide occurred in a village in Paung Township (Mon State) on Friday. Search & Rescue operations has so far recovered 41 dead bodies, and believed another 41 are still missing. Rescued injured residents are immediately sent to hospitals for medical care. • DDM is providing relief and cash assistance to affected families. In addition, key Government officials (including the Vice President) inspected the ongoing Search & Rescue operations in the landslide area today, and visited affected families in several areas to provide encouragement and assistance. • Initial impact data estimates at least 46,000 were displaced across Southern Myanmar due to the flooding, and at least 4,000 houses were damaged. Several bridges and roads were also damaged, further adding challenge to the ongoing disaster response operations. Damage assessment and data gathering is continuously being conducted..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance
Date of publication: 2019-08-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: More than 45,000 people affected by first monsoon flood
Sub-title: Flooding caused by the first monsoon of the season displaced more than 45,000 people, according to a statement issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs-Myanmar (OCHA) on Thursday.
Description: "Flooding has affected Kachin, Rakhine, Mon and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago and Magwe regions. Many people have returned home, but more than 11,500 people remain at evacuation centres, as it has not rained for four days at higher altitudes and water is draining to lower-lying areas. However, rivers are still overflowing their banks and remain at dangerous levels, upstream and downstream. Water flowing along the path of the Ayeyarwady River towards lower Myanmar poses a risk in Mandalay, Magwe and Pyay. U Kyaw Moe Oo, director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, said July and August are among the heaviest for rainfall in Myanmar. This is the beginning of the monsoon season, and heavy rains are expected to continue across the region..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times"
Date of publication: 2019-07-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar: Floods Flash Update No. 1 (As of 18 July 2019) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ် ၁
Sub-title: This update is produced by OCHA Myanmar in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 10 to 18 July 2019
Description: "More than 45,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by flooding in Kachin, Rakhine, Mon and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago and Magway regions in Myanmar. • In areas at higher altitudes it has not rained for four days, and water is draining off to lower-lying areas. Many people have thus returned home, leaving more than 11,500 people in evacuation centres, according to the most recent data. Data for Kachin, for example, hasn’t been issued yet, but people there are generally returning. • However, rivers are still overflowing their banks and remain at dangerously high levels, upstream and downstream. • Areas downstream are of particular concern, as water flows generally to the south/southeast toward Mandalay, Magway and Pyay along the path of the Irrawaddy River and its delta. The situation could deteriorate should it start to rain again, and those areas, including heavily populated Mandalay, are potentially at risk. • Likewise, the Kaladan River, which runs through Chin State southward into Rakhine State, and the Lay Myo River pose a risk to villages and displacement sites across a wide area that is also currently embroiled in conflict, meaning civilians there are considerably vulnerable. • This is only the beginning of the monsoon rains. There is a need for vigilance and to maintain preparedness measures, as has been done effectively so far. The situation remains dynamic and hard to predict. It can quickly change...မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ် ၁..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date of publication: 2019-07-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Myanmar: Floods Flash Update No. 2 (As of 23 July 2019) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ်၂
Description: "• Monsoon floods that have affected eight states and regions are estimated to have displaced more than 78,000 people. • Where flood waters have receded, evacuation centres have been closed and people have returned to their homes. • However, with water moving to the south, floods have affected Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway regions where over 43,000 people were evacuated. • As of 23 July, more than 40,000 people remain displaced in 39 evacuation centres in these three regions while almost all of the displaced people in other affected states and regions have returned to their homes. • UN and humanitarian partners are working closely with the authorities, monitoring the situation and ready to reinforce the Government’s response to floods as required... မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ်၂..."
Source/publisher: "Reliefweb" via UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date of publication: 2019-07-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-11
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Title: Monsoon brings landslides and flash floods to southern Myanmar.
Description: "Heavy rains have brought flash floods and landslides to Mon state in southern Myanmar. The flooding has damaged a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people..."
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Source/publisher: "South China Morning Post"
Date of publication: 2018-06-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-06
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Title: Monsoon rains in Myanmar force nearly 20,000 people to evacuate.
Description: "Myanmar has been hit by heavy flooding following days of monsoon rains, forcing nearly 20,000 people to evacuate from their homes..."
Source/publisher: CNA
Date of publication: 2019-07-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-06
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Title: Flood resilience in Myanmar's Dry Zone
Description: "In Myanmar's central dry zone, many villages and their inhabitants are in danger. Due to climate change, which causes both excessive rainfall and prolonged droughts, the Irawaddy river is bursting its banks more often and more destructively. Hundreds of acres are now permanently underwater, farmers have lost their land and livelihood and many villagers have lost their homes. Those who have been able to reconstruct their houses away from the flood-prone areas are now in danger of losing their homes again. Moving away even further is not an option for most, since the river they now fear, is also the main source of livelihood of this community of farmers and fishermen. Cordaid helps the community by mapping the risks and creating contingency and mitigation plans following a proven disaster risk reduction method. The villagers themselves express and document their greatest worries and needs, after which Cordaid's local resilience partners help the community to find a solution to their problems. This could entail planting trees to prevent the soil from eroding or the construction of dikes to stop the floods, just to name a few examples..."
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Source/publisher: Cordaid International, Cyril Myint Soe
Date of publication: 2019-07-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-03
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Title: Greening the Dry Zone of Myanmar (Short)
Description: "People living in Myanmar's Dry Zone are facing the impact of climate change on their lives. The project, Addressing Climate Change Risks on Water Resources and Food Security in the Dry Zone of Myanmar aims to reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity of the dry zone communities through improved water management, crop and livestock adaptation programme in five of the most vulnerable townships of Myanmar’s Dry Zone. The Adaptation Fund project is being implemented by UNDP in collaboration with the Government of the Union of Myanmar. Category..."
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Source/publisher: UNDP Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-03-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-03
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Title: Climate Change in Myanmar and Central Dry Zone
Description: "Myanmar is generally regarded as a country endowed with rich natural resources: minerals, forests, fertile agricultural lands with plentiful of Monsoon rains, and opulent marine resources. • Located between the east Himalayan syntaxis and the Andaman Sea to the south, washed by the Bay of Bengal on the west, Myanmar links Alpine- Himalayan orogenic belt to the west with its extension in the rest of Southeast Asia. • Myanmar is natural hazard or disaster prone country, being located in the tectonically active Alpide Seismic Belt. • Because of rapid growth in population, industries and urban areas, like elsewhere in the developing world, environmental degradation and other man-made hazards or disasters are also on the rise...ဓ
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Source/publisher: Myanmar Environment Institute (MEI)
Date of publication: 2015-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-02
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Title: Greening the Dry Zone of Myanmar (text)
Description: "People living in Myanmar's Dry Zone are facing the impact of climate change on their lives. The project, Addressing Climate Change Risks on Water Resources and Food Security in the Dry Zone of Myanmar aims to reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity of the dry zone communities through improved water management, crop and livestock adaptation programme in five of the most vulnerable townships of Myanmar’s Dry Zone. The Adaptation Fund project is being implemented by UNDP in collaboration with the Government of the Union of Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: UNDP Myanmar
Date of publication: 2017-03-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-02
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Title: WATER IN MYANMAR'S DRY ZONE
Description: "Their village of Sin Ka in Chauk Township, in the Magway Region, has only one well that serves 700 people. It is a 20 minute walk away and costs US$0.60 to fill a 200 litre barrel. This is a serious burden on Daung Yi and her husband, who look after a family of 12, including children and grandparents. Many landless people in Myanmar’s Dry Zone work as seasonal farm labourers, migrating to urban areas during non-planting time to find temporary employment. Chronic poverty is directly correlated with the effects of drought and climate change..."
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Source/publisher: UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
Date of publication: 2016-09-08
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-02
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Title: Myanmar farmers suffer climate change effects
Description: "World leaders are gathering in Poland for the COP24 summit. They will be discussing ways of implementing the historic Paris Accords, aimed at reducing global warming and cutting emissions. Myanmar may be a long way from where the conference is being held, but it is a country where climate change is having a dramatic effect. Nick Davies-Jones reports..."
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Source/publisher: TRT World
Date of publication: 2018-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-28
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Title: The Man Helping Myanmar's Rice Farmers Beat Climate Change
Description: "A city boy from Singapore helping rice farmers in Myanmar double their yield? Here's how David Chen, a molecular biology graduate, does it, with innovation and patience. For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://www.youtube.com/cnainsider Some farmers who use the hybrid rice seeds that David's company develops have seen the yield of their crops double. But not everyone is willing to give the new technology a try. With Myanmar being the Asian country most affected by the effects of climate change in the region, time is running out for these farmers to take action. Watch the full episode here: https://cna.asia/2Gaajh1 READ the full story: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/... ..."
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Source/publisher: CNA Insider
Date of publication: 2019-07-13
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-27
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Title: Climate Change, Sea Level Rising and Increase of Temperature Threat to Groundwater at Coastal Low Land and Ayeyarwady Delta Myanmar
Description: "The greenhouse is present for two centuries. Greenhouse gases are necessary because without it the earth would be too cold to hold liquid water but limited. From those years the greenhouse gases called Carbon dioxide effect has increased in concentration by about 50%. That is boosting to change climate “Climate Changes”. Climate change has profound impacts on the earth's resources and the environment in onshore as well as offshore. Here one of the earth's resources is Groundwater that is threading by climate change. In Myanmar, Groundwater in coastal areas and delta area closed to the sea are starts facing that effect. Of that sea level rising by ice, glaciers melting are causing the greatest sign of seawater intrusion to Groundwater at Ayeyarwaddy delta area in Myanmar, mostly in the lower part of widening delta area. And impacts of climate change on Groundwater are slower than others such as surface water but permanently worsen the groundwater by depletion and degradation. Climate changes are linking with sea level rising, saltwater intrusion, increasing temperature, precipitation and recharge to groundwater. These points are threatening to Groundwater in the long-term. According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Myanmar is the second most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change from 1993 to 2014 (Kreft et al., 2014). 2 - Ayeyarwady Delta and Coastal Region The Ayeyarwady Delta fans out from the limit of tidal influence at Myan Aung to the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The low land (Alluvial plain) of Delta is as low as just 3 meters above sea level. Length of the coastal of the lower seaward third of the delta is completely flat with no local relief and stretches for 130 kilometers from east to west. The sea is very shallow with depths less than 5.5 m across the coastline. Deforestation has changed the landscape. As a result of constant accretion into the sea, the delta is advancing year by year. One scientific study estimated that the Delta lost 1,685 km2 (651 mi2) from 1978 to 2011..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-07-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-26
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Title: More than 45,000 People Estimated Displaced by First Monsoon Floods in Myanmar - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် မုတ်သုန်ရာသီ ကနဦးရေကြီး၊ ရေလျှံမှုကြောင့် လူဦးရေ ၄၅,ဝဝဝ ကျော် ရေဘေးလွတ်ရာသို့ ရွှေ့ပြောင်းရဟု ခန့်မှန်း
Description: "More than 45,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by flooding in Kachin, Rakhine, Mon and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago and Magway regions in Myanmar. In areas at higher altitudes it has not rained for four days, and water is draining off to lower-lying areas. Many people have thus returned home, leaving more than 11,500 people in evacuation centres, according to the most recent data. Data for Kachin, for example, hasn’t been issued yet, but people there are generally returning. However, rivers are still overflowing their banks and remain at dangerously high levels, upstream and downstream. Areas downstream are of particular concern, as water flows generally to the south/southeast toward Mandalay, Magway and Pyay along the path of the Irrawaddy River and its delta. The situation could deteriorate should it start to rain again, and those areas, including heavily populated Mandalay, are potentially at risk. Likewise, the Kaladan River, which runs through Chin State southward into Rakhine State, and the Lay Myo River pose a risk to villages and displacement sites across a wide area that is also currently embroiled in conflict, meaning civilians there are considerably vulnerable. This is only the beginning of the monsoon rains. There is a need for vigilance and to maintain preparedness measures, as has been done effectively so far..... မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် မုတ်သုန်ရာသီ ကနဦးရေကြီး၊ ရေလျှံမှုကြောင့် လူဦးရေ ၄၅,ဝဝဝ ကျော် ရေဘေးလွတ်ရာသို့ ရွှေ့ပြောင်းရဟု ခန့်မှန်း"
Source/publisher: Progressive Voice via "UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"
Date of publication: 2019-07-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-26
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Title: Sanitation Assessment - Report (ROSAMUR Project)
Description: "Within the framework of the capacity building program for Myanmar urban services providers implemented by GRET (ROSAMUR project), a comprehensive assessment study on sanitation in Magway city was conducted with the key following objectives: To gather and analyze data and information on sanitation conditions, including all different aspects: regulatory, institutional, financial, capacity, technical, etc. To draw the faecal waste flow in Magway city to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current system To suggest priorities improvement for each component of the sanitation service chain according to the conclusion of the assessment The following report is in Myanmar language and presents the conclusions of this study.....ဤအစီရင်ခံစာတွင်၂၀၁၇ခုနှစ်၊စက်တင်ဘာလမှ၂၀၁၈ခုနှစ်၊ဇန်နဝါရီလအထိ လေ့လာတွေ့ရှိရသော ရေဆိုးစွန့်ပစ်စနစ်နှင့်ပတ်သက်သည့်လေ့လာချက်များနှင့်အနှစ်ချုပ်တွေ့ရှိချက်များကိုတင်ပြထားပါသ ည်။ ဤလေ့လာမှုသည်GRETမှအကောင်အထည်ဖော်ပြီး ပြင်သစ်အလှူရှင်များမှ ရန်ပုံငွေ မတည် ထားသော Rosamurပရောဂျက်၏ တစ်စိတ်တစ်ပိုင်းဖြစ်ကာမကွေးမြို့အတွက် ရေပေးဝေမှုစနစ် ရေဆိုးစွန့်ပစ်မှုနှင့် အမှိုက်သရိုက်အညစ်အကြေးများစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုလုပ်ငန်းများ ဖံ့ွ ဖြိုးတိုးတက်စေရန် ရည်ရွယ်ချက်အတွက်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ကနဦးလေ့လာတွေ့ရှိချက်များနှင့်ကွင်းဆင်းလေ့လာမှု့များအရ မကွေးမြို့၏ရေဆိုးစွန့်ပစ်မှုအခြေအနေနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍အားကိုးအားထားပြုရမည့်အချက်အလက်များ လုံးဝမရှိသည့်အပြင်ရေဆိုးစွန့်ပစ်စနစ်နှင့်ပတ်သက်ပြီးမြို့၏အခြေအနေနှင့်ပြည်သူလူထု၏လက်တွေ့ ကျင့်သုံးမှုအပိုင်းမှာလည်း စိတ်ကျေနပ်မှုမရှိသည်ကို တွေ့ရှိရပါသည်။ ထိုအခြေအနေကိုကောင်းမွန်လာစေရန်အလို့ငှာမြို့၏လက်ရှိအခြေအနေကိုနားလည်ပြီး တိကျ မှန်ကန်သော သတင်းအချက်အလက်များစုဆောင်းရန်လိုအပ်ပါသည်။ ထိုသို့သောအကြောင်းအရာများကြောင့်GRETမှမကွေးမြို့တွင်ရေဆိုးစွန့်ပစ်စနစ်နှင့်ပတ်သက်သော ရှင်းလင်းသည့် လေ့လာအကဲဖြတ်မှုများကို အောက်ပါရည်ရွယ်ချက်များဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်ပါသည်။ 1) ရေဆိုးစနွ့်ပစ်မှုအခြေအနေများနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍သတင်းအချက်အလက်များကိုစည်းမျဉ်းစည်းကမ်း ဆိုင်ရာ၊ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံဆိုင်ရာ၊ ငွေကြေးဆိုင်ရာ၊စွမ်းဆောင်ချက်ဆိုင်ရာ၊နည်းစနစ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာစသည်တို့ကိုရှုထောင့်အမျိုးမျိုးမှပါ ဝင်အောင်စုဆောင်းရန်။ 2) မကွေးမြို့၏မိလ္လာအညစ်အကြေးစီးဆင်းမှုကို ရေးဆွဲပြီး လက်ရှိမိလ္လာရေစီးလမ်းကြောင်း စနစ်၏ အားသာ ချက်နှင့် အားနည်းချက်တို့ကို လေ့လာရန်။ 3) လေ့လာတွေ့ရှိချက်များအပေါ်မူတည်၍ရေဆိုးစွန့်ပစ်စနစ်လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်၏ ဦးစားပေး လုပ်ငန်း တစ်ခုချင်းစီ ဖံ့ွ ဖြိုးတိုးတက်မှုအတကွ ် အကြံပြုရန်။..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-07-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-26
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Title: Climate change and deep adaptation in Myanmar
Description: "THE IMPACT of climate change in Myanmar is likely to be immense and will play out in multi-dimensional ways. Beyond that, though, it is difficult to predict. In remote, upland areas of the country that are controlled or influenced by ethnic armed groups, political, economic and social trajectories are likely to diverge from the rest of Myanmar. Already, in some parts of the country, the monsoon – which provides most of the rainfall for agriculture on which about 70 percent of the population depends – is up to 30 days shorter, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Upland areas are projected to experience particularly steep rises in average temperatures, with devastating impacts on harvests, livelihoods and possibly the bare sustainability of human life. However, upland areas will be less severely affected by the rising sea levels that could destroy coastal areas. Myanmar is among the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levels. Low-lying farmland, such as in the Ayeyarwady delta, is at risk of flooding and salination, as well as being exposed to extreme weather, such as the devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis in 2008. Neighbouring Bangladesh faces the same dangers, and in the not too distant future millions of Bangladeshis may become climate change refugees. Many of them may have little choice but to head east to Myanmar, as well as north and west to India. Combined with the domestic impacts of climate change, this would be highly destabilising, and could even undermine the viability of the state. Although not much discussed in the mainstream media, the possibility of climate change severely disrupting the basic parameters of modern social and economic life cannot be discounted. In this context, Myanmar's ethnic armed groups may receive a new lease of life. In Southeast Asia since the end of the Cold War, the viability of armed struggle by insurgent groups to achieve political goals has been in decline. Only in Myanmar and the Philippines do significant non-state armed groups remain active. Amid a failing peace process, and despite their political legitimacy among many conflict-affected communities, ethnic armed groups in Myanmar are struggling to demonstrate continued political relevance. However, they may experience a revival in fortunes if the state in Myanmar is severely weakened by the impact of climate change..."
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Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal via "Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2019-07-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-25
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Title: Flash flood warning issued in Mon State
Description: " Myanmar's Meteorology and Hydrology Department have warned residents in Mon state to be aware of floods due to rising water level in the next 24 hours, Xinhua reported. People residing near the river bank and low-lying areas are warned to take precautionary measure. Meanwhile, people in Mrauk-U, Rakhine state, were also warned of floods due to the rising water level of Lemyo river and the Meteorology and Hydrology Department forecast that the water level will reach its danger level in next 48 hours. Flash floods and landslides accompanied by heavy rainfall and strong wind are frequent in Myanmar during the monsoon period, especially in hilly areas and low-lying areas..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal via "Mizzima"
Date of publication: 2019-07-19
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-25
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Title: Monsoon rhapsody
Sub-title: A young Yangonite looked up at a darkened sky above. The wind drove a bank of black clouds immediately overhead, and his face suddenly became more sullen, "Not again!" He was about to cross Sule Pagoda Road, which was congested with cars and trucks blasti
Description: "When it rains on Saturday, people will say, "It always takes longer on Saturday for the rain to come." This means that either sporadically or continuously, it will usually rain all day that day – even if it is just a drizzle. He had just stepped out on the pavement when the raindrops suddenly came down from the sky, hitting his upturned face. He had to run to a place where he could shelter for half an hour or so, and he knew that most of the teashops were already full of people sipping sweetened tea and keeping dry. He understood that he had to wait for 15 or 20 minutes until the rain would let up. But today he forgot his umbrella. Travelling through the city on foot during the monsoon season can be tricky, especially without an umbrella – assuming, of course, you want to stay dry. The streets are full of people drenched in water, longyis and tee-shirts clinging to their bodies, as they make their way home. Most people in Yangon carry umbrellas, rather than wear raincoats. Even when it's not raining, pedestrians need to give others a wide-berth on the sidewalks – people of all heights and numbers sheltering themselves from the sun with their umbrellas, as they walk from street to street. Innocent passersby, while making haste through the crowd, get poked by the odd umbrella spoke. Sometimes umbrellas clash, given how narrow the elevated streets in the city are. It can be quite an art sometimes, holding an umbrella up high, and trying to angle it to pass through the sea of heads, other umbrellas and shop signs. Everyone notices that the rain is punctual, especially during the rush hours. You will find files of people waiting for the buses at bus stops, while the rain falls heavily. They'll all be tightly clinging to an umbrella. Umbrellas come from various countries, such as China and Thailand. There are different brands names too – Yamasu, Pigeon, Sonata, Susino, Asahi, Eagle Force, etc. Some golf umbrellas are used by taller people not wanting to get the bottoms of their longyis we..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal " Myanmar Times"
Date of publication: 2019-07-19
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-25
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Title: Flood forces families in Sagaing Township to evacuate
Description: "More than 8,000 people from over 2,000 family households from 13 villages and wards in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region, are evacuated as flood water from Ayeyawady River flowed into the areas, according to Sagaing Township Management Committee. The flood victims are now staying at places in Sagaing and Ngarhtetgyi and Sinmyarshin pagodas to avoid the floods. Khin Maung Hla, advocate of the region, Moe Kyaw Thu, regional minister for immigration and human resources, Dr Ko Ko Naing, director general of natural disaster management department and the district administrator visited the flood relief camps to aid Ks18 million. "We are coming to provide flood relief aid to flood victims with the cooperation between the ministry and regional government. We provided cash for seven days provisions and Ks2,100 for each victim. It will ease their trouble for a little. More flood relief will be followed later if the flood period is long," said Dr Ko Ko Naing. Water level in Ayeywawady River in Sagaing is reached over its danger level on July 22 and the authorities are measuring water level three times a day, according to the department of meteorology and hydrology for Sagaing district..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-07-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-24
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Title: Hundreds of homes flooded in Amarapura township
Sub-title: 23 July 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - Hundreds of houses in the Shwe Kyat Yat village tract in Amarapura township, Mandalay Region, have been flooded due to rising water from the Ayeyarwady River, says a village elder in the area.
Description: ""The Ayeyarwady River has been rising since last week and flooded villages near the river. Fourteen out of 24 villages in the Shwe Kyat Yat village tract have flooded. Although the water level has stopped rising this week, we will have to be wary at least until next month," said U Than Aung, the 100-houses-group elder for Moe Kaung village. "At least 1000 houses have been affected by flooding and we're still making a list of victims and household numbers. We have to wait and see whether the water keeps rising. The river may rise again. Some flood victims are living in temporary tents on roads near their villages. Some have moved to their relatives' houses. Currently, there is no one to assist them. The most pressing need right now is clean drinking water. It would also be good if they get food than can be cooked easily," he said. "The danger level of the Ayeyarwady River near Mandalay city is 12.6 metres, and villages in Amarapura township that are located near the river suffer flooding annually. The Ayeyarwady River was about a metre below its danger level on July 14 and it increased a lot after July 18," said U Win Than Hlaing, head of the River Water Guard Office in Chan Aye Tharzan township, Mandalay city. "On Sunday, the water level was over 30 centimetres above the critical level and it only dropped a bit on Monday. As there are still strong rains expected in the northern part of the country, we need to remain cautious," said U Win Than Hlaing..."
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Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-07-24
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Title: Monsoon flooding forces thousands to evacuate homes in Mandalay
Description: "Some 6,000 people evacuated their homes in three townships of Mandalay Region until yesterday. A total of 5,889 locals from 1,269 households in Tada-U, Sintgu and Thabaikkyin townships are now taking shelters at nearby schools and monasteries after the torrential rainfalls started in last week. U Aye Min Thu, Director of Mandalay Region Disaster Management Department, said, "We helped 5,889 people evacuate their homes in three townships and have provided them with rice and dry rations even enough for a week." Flood evacuees included 108 from Tada-U, 688 from Sintgu and 5,093 from Thabaikkyin townships respectively. The director also said the department will help in more areas with the possible risks of flood.—Min Htet Aung (Sub-printing House)..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-07-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-24
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Title: More than 23,000 affected by flooding so far in July
Sub-title: More than 23,000 people have been affected by floods as a result of heavy rains across Myanmar so far this month, according to the Disaster Management Department.
Description: "Most of the casualties have been in Kachin State in northern Myanmar. More than 15,000 in Myitkyina, Paletwa, Hkamti, Katha and smaller villages have been affected or displaced by floods. Daw Sanda Hlaing, an officer at the Kachin Disaster Management Department, said 24 relief camps have opened in Myitkyina providing shelter and support to those affected. She added that although flood waters appear to be receding for now, conditions are not yet safe for those now seeking shelter at the camps to return home. Regional officials have distributed rice at the relief camps, which are mostly set up in religious buildings and schools with sufficient capacity to provide shelter from the floods. The current floods are not the worst Myanmar has experienced. "We faced worst storms and flooding in 2004. However, current water levels are still over the danger zone," Daw Sanda Hlaing said. Heavy showers in recent weeks have seen water levels in major rivers like the Ayeyarwady, Chindwin, Sitaung, Kaletan and Laymyo rising, leading to floods in some regions and states. Mon, Sagaing, Chin and Rakhine states are also experiencing floods. River levels in Myitkyina, Bhamo, Shwegu, Katha, Hkamti, Humalin, Taungngu, Maduck, Paletwa, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U are all above their danger zones. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) has advised people who live close to the river and low-lying areas in Homalin, Katha, Paletwa and Kyauktaw to take precautionary measures. Although thousands have been affected by the rising water levels, relief camps have yet to be set up in most areas, an official of the Chin State Disaster Management Department said. The DMH has warned of heavy rains in Karen, Tanintharyi and Mon regions coming from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal over the next two days..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal via "Myanmar Times"
Date of publication: 2018-07-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-24
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Title: Youth rush to help households as 10,000 affected by Myitkyina flooding
Description: "Youth and former drug users volunteered support in Myitkyina as the Ayeyarwady River broke its banks and flooded the Kachin State capital, affecting more than 10,000 people. With water rapidly rising in several quarters of Myitkyina and residents packing and preparing to move, former drug users from the Care Hands Youth Reform Organisation, known in Jinghpaw as Ram Hkye Shalat, travelled to flood-affected neighbourhoods to help people move their possessions to safety. Brang San, 20, was working with a team of 12 at the home and art gallery of Nhkum Brang, in Shatapru ward, to carry the painter's work to higher ground on Friday night. "If the water comes, we will move everything," he told Frontier. "We will do what we need to do to help, even if it takes the whole night." On July 10 the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology issued a flood warning, which said the Ayeyarwady River was within a few feet of reaching danger levels in Myitkyina, Bhamo and Shwegu. The department also warned that the river could reach these levels within two days in Myitkyina and Shwegu, and three days in Bhamo, and urged people in low-lying areas to take precautions. A boy leans out of the window of his flooded home in Gyet Poung Chan ward. (Emily Fishbein | Frontier) By July 11, much of Kachin National Manau Park in Myitkyina was submerged and the main gate was impassable. By the following evening at the park's riverside Lung Ga Pa Kachin Traditional Restaurant, only the thatched roofs of the restaurant's huts were visible..."
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Source/publisher: Myanmar Water Portal
Date of publication: 2019-07-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-24
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Title: Natural connections: How natural capital supports Myanmar’s people and economy
Description: "Myanmar’s natural assets – including its forests, soils and coastal waters and the biodiversity they embody – makes up its natural capital, providing critical benefits to the Myanmar people, helping to protect them against natural hazards and ensuring reliable sources of clean water for drinking and irrigation as well as opportunities for ecotourism. Myanmar’s natural capital is also the source of other tangible and intangible benefits that support human well-being and underpin economic development. To secure those benefits, we need to understand which areas and ecosystems best serve the people and infrastructure dependent upon them, as well as how these benefits can be protected or enhanced in the face of climate change. The assessment presented in this report shows where and how Myanmar’s natural capital contributes to clean and reliable drinking water sources, reduced risks from floods inland and storms along the coasts, and to maintaining the functioning of reservoirs and dams by preventing erosion. The results highlight areas that provide high levels of ecosystem services, where natural capital provides the greatest benefits to people and infrastructure. This initial assessment has focused on identifying important ecosystem service provisioning areas that benefit the greatest number of people at a national scale, emphasizing benefits to cities and other large population centres. Benefits to rural populations and to vulnerable subgroups are critical as well, and they should be considered in greater detail as a next step. In addition, many of these areas important for ecosystem services provision coincide with areas important for biodiversity conservation. The effective management of these areas of synergy can help guarantee benefits to Myanmar’s people, infrastructure and wildlife not just now, but for decades to come. Securing natural capital is especially important in the face of climate change. As rainfall becomes increasingly variable and extreme events like heavy storms and droughts more frequent and intense, the role of forests in protecting rivers and streams from sediment will become more central in maintaining the quality of drinking water and improving the functioning of reservoirs and dams. The value of other ecosystem services will also become more apparent. Importantly, although climate change might make these services more valuable, the locations of hotspots areas important for ecosystem service provision are not expected to change over the next several decades for the services assessed here, so that protecting these areas would provide long-term benefits. While conservation of existing natural capital alone cannot eliminate the impacts of climate change, protecting and enhancing natural capital benefits is a critical component of climate change adaptation. Incorporating natural capital information into planning and development processes can ensure that its benefits are put to work in the service of the people and for the prosperity of the economy. Natural capital assessments can support planning and development across and within key sectors, including energy, transport, agriculture, and health, while strengthening climate resilience and promoting adaptation planning. The natural capital assessment provided here can support development and management decisions that launch Myanmar on a more sustainable and inclusive path toward economic development..."
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Source/publisher: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Date of publication: 2016-06-03
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-23
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Title: THE AYEYARWADY RIVER AND THE ECONOMY OF MYANMAR
Sub-title: Volume ll: Ayeyarwady Futures
Description: "WWF Myanmar, through the River in the Economy project, brought together people from diverse backgrounds, to imagine what the future of the Ayeyarwady Basin could look like. Some futures look good, some futures look bad. Some futures are good for a few, other futures are disastrous for the ecosystems that keep us alive and resilient. WWF Myanmar undertook this process to better understand the drivers of change that help or hinder our progress towards an equitably beneficial future. By imagining the possible directions the future could take, we can imagine what sort of actions we need to take. This is to make sure we collectively follow the future that we want, and not the future that we do not want. This report has been developed from the culmination of workshops in 2017 and 2018, collecting the perspectives of government, civil society, academia and business in the Ayeyarwady Basin, including the Delta, Middle Basin, Lower Basin and Chindwin Basin. 103 participants attended these workshops. They represented: INTRODUCTION This is the second volume of a two-part series of reports highlighting perspectives of diverse stakeholder across the Ayeyarwady Basin. The first workshops were centred on creating a common understanding of the Ayeyarwady River Basin and the risks and opportunities associated with living in the basin. The second series of workshops were then focused on the future, and what the possible development pathways in the future may look like..."
Source/publisher: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Date of publication: 2018-08-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-22
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Title: Nature in peril: The risk to forests and wildlife from the Dawei-Htee Khee Road
Description: "Over the last four years, WWF-Myanmar and its partners have been working together to better understand the biodiversity and ecological processes of the Dawna Tenasserim landscape. To date, WWF has worked with the Karen Forest Department (under Karen National Union - KNU) to carry out camera trap surveys of the area. WWF has also worked with Columbia University in the United States to understand past climate trends as well as future climate projections that could impact the landscape. Furthermore, WWF collaborated with the Natural Capital Project to map ecosystem services and how changes in land use will impact on the provisioning of these services 4 as well as with the Smithsonian Institution, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and Flora and Fauna International (FFI) to summarize results of biodiversity surveys and communicate the biodiversity richness of this landscape. Finally, WWF worked with the University of Hong Kong to identify ideas and technical solutions for how infrastructure can be developed more sustainably in this particular landscape. Now, more than ever, we are equipped with not only the information about the area’s biodiversity value but also the threats posed to people and nature by built infrastructure, such as the Dawei-Htee Khee road. This report is the fourth in a series of reports (see below) that have been published between 2015- 2018. The first report published in 2015, highlighted the need to consider information about ecosystem services, land use change, and wildlife in the planning of the road and the broader land use planning of the area (A Better road to Dawei— Protecting wildlife, sustaining nature, benefiting people). A design manual, published in 2016 as the second report, showcased design options for accommodating wildlife crossings and bio-engineering techniques for slope stabilization as well as alignment options to minimize deforestation and maximize social and environmental benefits (Design manual—Building a more sustainable road to Dawei). Based on a request from the road developer in 2016 regarding the identification of wildlife movement patterns in the landscape, WWF worked with conservation organizations active in the area and regional mammal experts to identify critical crossing areas for mammals based on modelling (Wildlife crossing—Locating species’ movement corridors in Tanintharyi, published in 2016) 5 . This fourth report specifically brings together several years of work that has looked in depth at what is at stake in this important ecological corridor system—a system that keeps key forested areas in Thailand and Myanmar connected and which the Dawei-Htee Khee road cuts across. This report outlines the history of the road and the newly approved 2018 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the Dawei-Htee Khee two lane road project 6 . It furthermore highlights the current and projected impacts from deforestation within specific areas in the landscape that are deemed important habitat for many wildlife species. Moreover, this report presents case studies from other countries where successful land use planning and mitigation measures occurred in and around similar landscapes where road construction has taken place. Finally, by drawing on these examples and the evidence collected in the Dawna Tenasserim landscape, this report provides a set of recommendations for key stakeholders listing how they can implement better land use planning within this important landscape to avoid further destruction and deterioration of these “wild highways”. It should be noted that while there are many social and environmental issues associated with the Dawei-Htee Khee road project, this report only focuses on forest and wildlife related issues and the broader fragmentation impacts this road will have on the landscape. WWF recognizes that many social issues related to the road construction, including poor consultations, inadequate or lack of compensation, road safety issues and loss of livelihoods are yet to be resolved and should be further studied and addressed. That is, however, beyond the scope of this technical report assessing impacts on forest and wildlife from the Dawei-Htee Khee road..."
Source/publisher: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Date of publication: 2019-07-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-22
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Title: Report: 2017-18 DTL Annual Review
Description: "2017 has been a year of considerable progress in the Dawna Tenasserim Landscape (DTL). This report highlights WWF’s successes on the Myanmar side of the landscape, and demonstrates how donor support is helping us to setup and develop projects that are and will continue to contribute to the overall goals for this vast and ecologically rich landscape. Across the board, WWF is working to show the significance of the DTL and to protect it. Biodiversity surveys have shown that key species including tiger and Asian elephant roam the DTL’s critical corridors, demonstrating to partners this landscape’s biodiversity values. Four Wildlife Protection Units (WPUs) have been established to enhance the protection of these animals and the areas in which they live. Together with partner organisations, a project collaboration has been established, leading to the development of a land use and management plan for the Tanintharyi Landscape Corridor which will secure its vital long-term protection. As funding for the landscape programme has also increased, WWF has now secured crucial support for the protection and effective management of the proposed Tanintharyi National Park. WWF’s signing of an MoU with the Karen National Union exemplifies the strong partnerships that are being developed in the DTL, and our growing credibility has enabled us to secure funding to begin rubber-focussed conservation work. The DTL is an inherently transboundary landscape, straddling the Myanmar-Thailand border. Critical corridors enable the free movement of key populations of terrestrial species. For example, where Thailand has lost its forested corridor connecting Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC) to the Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM), connectivity between these two significant forested areas is preserved by the Tanintharyi Landscape Corridor on Myanmar’s side of the DTL. Species moving between the two forest complexes have no choice but to move back and forth over the border. This is a critical moment for progress in this spectacular landscape. Though we are at an early stage of engagement, funding has enabled us to embrace this key time frame, initiating and scaling up engagement whilst allowing us the flexibility to move on opportunities and deliver concrete support to local partners..."
Source/publisher: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Date of publication: 2018-08-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-22
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Title: WFF-2018 ANNUAL REPORT
Description: "This has been a year of results. From zero elephant rangers we now have 220 on the ground in our Central Elephant Landscape and have gone from one elephant poached per week, to one a month and now one every six months. We have achieved one of the toughest wildlife laws in Asia with a mandatory minimum three years imprisonment for poaching or trade of completely protected species and seen it implemented in the courts. Through the Voices for Momos campaign we have secured a ban on illegal wildlife sales in Yangon region. It has also been a year of challenges. The Dawei Road project has re-awoken and is pushing ahead with potential devastating impacts to a critical tiger corridor. Conversations around dams are becoming louder and more frequent and everyone is aware of the challenges Myanmar is facing in its transition to democracy. To meet these challenges we are expanding our presence with offices now in Naypyidaw, Hpa-An, Dawei and Yangon, and work focused across three landscapes –Dawna Tenasserim, Central Elephant and Ayeyarwady. Our work in natural resource protection and management is investment in the peace, stability, and prosperity of an entire nation. This is evidenced in our Dawna Tenasserim projects where we are working alongside returning Karen refugees supporting livelihoods through a sustainable, inclusive, landscape approach. Now more than ever we need to ensure Myanmar’s natural heritage remains and underpins sustainable, inclusive development for the good of all its people..."
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Source/publisher: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Date of publication: 2018-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-22
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Title: Handing Over Ceremony for European Union funded Multi-Purpose Flood Shelter
Description: ''ပခုက္ကူမြို့ ဘက်စုံသုံးရာသီဥတုဒဏ် အဆောက်အဦးတွင် မြေနေရာ ရာသီဥတုဒဏ်ခံနမူနာအိမ် ဂါလံ (၄၀၀၀)ဆံ့ ရေစင်၊ ပေ (၃၅၀) စက်ရေတွင်းနှင့် ရေနုတ်မြောင်းအား လွှဲပြောင်းပေးအပ်ခြင်းအခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပခြင်းကို MRTV မှရိုက်ကူးတင်ဆက်ပေးသည်။ Handing over ceremony of multi purpose flood shelter in Pakokku broadcasted by MRTV...''
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Source/publisher: MRTV via HABITAT Myanmar
Date of publication: 2018-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-17
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Title: Handing Over Ceremony for Multi-Purpose Flood Shelter
Topic: Handing over ceremony of multi purpose flood shelter in Pakokku broadcasted by Eleven.
Topic: Handing over ceremony of multi purpose flood shelter in Pakokku broadcasted by Eleven.
Description: "ပခုက္ကူမြို့ ဘက်စုံသုံးရာသီဥတုဒဏ် အဆောက်အဦးတွင် မြေနေရာ ရာသီဥတုဒဏ်ခံနမူနာအိမ် ဂါလံ (၄၀၀၀)ဆံ့ ရေစင်၊ ပေ (၃၅၀) စက်ရေတွင်းနှင့် ရေနုတ်မြောင်းအား လွှဲပြောင်းပေးအပ်ခြင်းအခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပခြင်းကို ELEVEN မှရိုက်ကူးတင်ဆက်ပေးသည်။ Handing over ceremony of multi purpose flood shelter in Pakokku broadcasted by Eleven..."
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Source/publisher: HABITAT Myanmar via Eleven Media
Date of publication: 2018-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-17
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Title: Improving water and sanitation facilities of people from Dry Zone
Description: "A project funded by the Australian Government (AUSAID) for empowering people helped 9,971 families representing 69,101 individuals in 40 villages in Wundwin Township through the community driven approach. More information can be found at: Safe and Sustainable Access to WASH for Rural Communities..."
Source/publisher: UN-Habitat Myanmar
Date of publication: 2018-07-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-17
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Title: Climate Change Adaptation in Myanmar (Facilitator Guide)
Description: ''The Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) was launched in 2013 with the joint efforts of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MNREC) and its Environmental Conservation Department (ECD). The programme also works closely with several other ministries and government agencies, including the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR) and its Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD). The overall objective of MCCA is to mainstream climate change into the policy development and reform agenda of Myanmar. The country is highly vulnerable to climate change and hazards. At a local level, climate change is already resulting in more frequent and severe disasters such as devastating cyclones, frequently recurring floods and storm surges, droughts and consequent climate driven migration, and loss of productivity in the agriculture sector, among others. In the context of increasing climate-induced risks, local administrations need to enhance their capacities for climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR). In response, MCCA and ECD designed a training course entitled “Building Local Level Resilience to Climate Change in Myanmar”. The overall aim of the training course is to build the capacity of national and local governments for integrating CCA and DRR measures into local development plans. The course modules are tailored to equip government officials with robust knowledge on climate change and its impacts in Myanmar, as well as with analytical and technical skills on how to develop local CCA and DRR strategies and plans based upon vulnerability assessments...''
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-03-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-14
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Title: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Labutta Township, Ayeyarwady Region, 2016-2050: Scenarios for Resilience Building (Summary For Policy Makers)
Description: "In 2016 the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA), implemented by UN-Habitat and UN-Environment, on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, conducted a detailed climate change vulnerability assessment of Labutta Township, in collaboration with WWF and Columbia University...."
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Date of publication: 2018-00-00
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Title: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Manual
Description: "Vulnerability is the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, the adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. This notion is used to describe socio-economic, physical and environmental factors, which determine the sensitivity/susceptibility of a country, town, community or individual to the impact of climate change (e.g. change in seasonal patterns) and/or hazard (e.g. flood). For example, socio-economic factors of vulnerability are poverty, low level of awareness on climate change, and dependence on climate-sensitive agricultural production. Land degradation and unsustainable natural resources management are environmental factors of vulnerability. For instance, cutting mangroves in populated coastal areas increases the vulnerability of communities because mangroves help in reducing wind speed, flooding and coastal erosion. Physical vulnerability relates to the state of infrastructure and human settlements. Countries and communities are more vulnerable when they have low adaptive capacity. The latter specifies their ability to adjust to climate change (including to climate variability and extremes) and moderate or cope with its potential negative impacts. Adaptive capacity also relates to the ability of people to take advantage of opportunities and benefits from climate change. For example, a longer growing season due to changing climate offers opportunity to farmers to increase their income. However, their adaptive capacity is often constrained by the limited access to knowledge and technology on how to increase their production under longer growing season conditions. Adaptation to climate change aims at reducing vulnerability and building climate resilience. Climate resilience is the ability of a system to (i) absorb stress and cope with climate change and hazards, including maintaining its basic structure, functions and adaptive capacity, and (ii) recover, adapt and transform in ways that improve its sustainability, leaving it better prepared for future climate change impacts. In this context, climate-resilient development of townships of Myanmar suggests development that ensures townships' ability to cope with current climate and its impact and to adapt to future climate change, by preserving development gains and minimising damages..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-03-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-14
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Title: Local Climate Resilience Planning (A Handbook for Practitioners)
Description: "Warming of the Earth's climate system is evident from the observed increases in the average global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. Weather events of all kinds are getting more extreme. In arid areas, droughts and wildfires intensify. Number of cold days and nights decreases, while winter temperatures and precipitation become more extreme. Cities experience more frequent and extreme heat waves. Temperatures will continue to rise in future. Most scientists agree on the "threshold" of a 2°C increase in global average temperature on the pre-industrial levels, above which humans and nature will not be able to cope with the negative effects of climate change. Myanmar is already experiencing significant losses due to climate change, and without adaptation, country's future development will be impeded. There are eight major physiographic regions in Myanmar: the Ayeyarwady Delta, Central Dry Zone, Northern Hilly Region, Rakhine Coastal Region, Eastern Hilly Region, Southern Coastal Region, Yangon Deltaic Region, and Southern Interior Region. These regions form three main agroecological zones: i) Central Dry Zone; ii) Coastal Zone; and iii) Hilly Zone (Figure 1). The latter are used to describe climate variability and change at the sub-national level. The country's climate is tropical to subtropical monsoon with three seasons: (i) hot, dry intermonsoonal (mid-February to mid-May); (ii) rainy southwest monsoon (mid-May to late October); and (iii) cool, relatively dry northeast monsoon (late October to mid-February). Annual climate patterns, as well as seasonal temperatures and precipitation vary across the country, as summarized below..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-03-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-14
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Title: MCCA Case Study 1 – Forums, films and Facebook: Raising awareness of climate change in Myanmar with policymakers, the media and the public
Description: "Myanmar is one of the most vulnerable countries to the negative effects of climate change, and the majority of Myanmar people are also highly vulnerable to climate variability and natural disasters. Myanmar’s delta region is exposed to sea level rise and cyclones, and the central dry zone is vulnerable to drought and floods, and 60% of the population works in agriculture, livestock and fisheries, which are highly sensitive to climatic variations. Already, changes in the timing of monsoon rainfall are hurting farmers’ income and food security, along with floods, droughts, heat and extreme weather events. A contributing factor to the impact of climate change in Myanmar is the limited understanding and awareness, of both policymakers and the public, of the risks and potential negative impacts of climate change on economic, social and environmental development. The MCCA strategy on awareness-raising concluded that in 2015, a basic awareness of climate change existed but was still superficial, even for key influential groups such as policymakers and the media. Myanmar has begun to improve education about environmental issues and climate change, including incorporation of climate change information into the public education curriculum (for primary schools and universities), but general awareness is limited. MCCA surveys showed that people were familiar with basic climate change terms, but did not understand the concepts. Improving awareness and knowledge about climate change will help vulnerable communities and sectors to respond effectively to current and future climate change impacts..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-14
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Title: Scenarios for Building Local Resilience Pakokku Township Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (2016-2050) – Summary for Policy Makers
Description: "In 2016 the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance, comprised of UNHabitat, UN-Environment and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, in collaboration with WWF and Columbia University conducted a detailed climate change vulnerability assessment of Pakokku Township..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2018-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-14
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Title: Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability of Hakha Township, Chin State, Myanmar 2017–2050: Scenarios for Resilience Building
Description: "This assessment analyses the vulnerability of the ecosystem, infrastructure, and socio-economic conditions in Hakha Township located in Chin State, Myanmar in relation to present and projected climatic conditions. It concludes that the current vulnerability of Hakha Township is high, and with the predicted changes in climate, decision makers in Hakha Township will need to plan for increased flash floods and landslides, strong winds, increased temperature, and erratic rainfall with greater amounts of rain within a shorter monsoon season. Based on these findings, required actions for building resilience over the medium to long term are proposed in this report. In 2017–18 the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA), implemented by UNHabitat and UN-Environment, in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation and in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), conducted a detailed climate change vulnerability assessment of Hakha Township, which is located in the mountainous China State of Myanmar. Chin State spans 36,019 km2 and is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur to the north (Figure 1). The capital of the state is in Hakha and the population is approximately 478,801 as per the 2014 Census. The present study analyses current vulnerability and predicts future vulnerability of Hakha Township by projecting future changes in climate for a period up to 2050. On this basis, scenarios that describe the potential impact of climate change and adaptation solutions to avoid the worst-case future scenario are proposed. These solutions have been compiled after several consultations with local communities and decision makers following a bottom-up approach. The study also describes the expected outcomes and results, and priority activities identified by communities during the course of the assessment. We use downscaled climate projections that were developed using ICIMOD datasets at a 10 x 10 km grid for predicting climate change impacts for the period up to 2050. The projections show an increase in temperature by as much as 1.7°C in 2050. Rainfall patterns are also predicted to change, with a possible increase in total annual rainfall by 150–300 mm and a shortening of the rainy season that will bring more frequent heavy rainfall events..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-06-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-13
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Title: Climate Risk Information Needs for Decision Making in Myanmar
Description: "Based on analysis of data from 1996-2015, Myanmar was ranked second in long-term climate risk index (Kreft, et al., 2016), indicating higher impacts of climate events within the 10-year period. This, even with Myanmar recording the least number of climate events among the countries included in the list (i.e. Myanmar recorded 41 climate events; the nine (9) other countries had climate events ranging from 44 to 283). The current socio-economic conditions in Myanmar make it more susceptible to impacts of hazard events – cutting across lives, livelihoods and assets. Hazard impacts are disproportionately higher on the poor and vulnerable. With high degree of poverty in Myanmar’s rural areas, even low-intensity hazards have big impacts on households. In rural communities, the poor often live in remote areas in low-quality housing, and lack access to basic services and local infrastructure, all of which affect their ability to deal with hazard events (Government of the Union of Myanmar, 2015). Historical hazard events, and their impacts, offer views on the susceptibility of the vulnerable. Analysis suggests that climate-related events are likely to be exacerbated by climate change, and their impacts aggravated by environmental degradation (ibid), which are expected to redound to increased economic and social losses. Climate information of various timescales (historical data, 1-3 days forecast, 5-10 days forecast, monthly and seasonal outlook, and long-term climate change projections) could, when applied seamlessly and meaningfully, reduce the impacts of hazards and promote productivity. Effective disaster risk management/reduction and improved resilience requires ingestion of climate information of different timescales in plans and decisions. Understanding of capacities and gaps in climate information generation and application could guide interventions for enhancing availability, understanding, translation into sector-relevant information, and application of most viable response options, for improved disaster risk reduction and resilience..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-03-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-13
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Title: Myanmar Climate Change Policy (2019) – (ENG & MYA)
Description: "The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is firmly engaged in a historic process of development, democratization, justice and peace. However, the ability of our country to reach the targets under the Sustainable Development Plan, National Comprehensive Plan, and our peace efforts could be faced an obstacle by observed and future changes in climate. In the last six decades the country has recorded increased intensity of floods, cyclones, and droughts which have caused immense loss of lives and suffering, damage to infrastructure and assets and economic impacts. In addition, more silent, yet very disruptive, effects of climate change are eroding our society’s wellbeing and productive capacities. In particular, the shrinking of the Monsoon season, the increase in average annual temperatures and the salinization of land in coastal areas are reducing the productivity of agriculture, and consequently livelihood opportunities, which induce many to migrate within Myanmar and abroad. Climate change effects also provoke displacement, both as a result of sudden disasters or, for instance, the loss of land to sea-level rise and erosion, which heighten the potential for conflict and tensions among communities......ပည်ေထာင်စုသမ္မတခမန်မာနိုင်ငဳသည် သမိုင်ဵတွင်ကျေန်ရစ်မည်ဴ ဒီမိုကေရစီ ခပုခပင်ေခပာင်ဵလဲမှု၊ တရာဵမျှေတမှုနှင်ဴ ငငိမ်ဵြေျေမ်ဵေရဵ၊ ဖွဳ့ငဖိုဵ တိုဵတက်မှုေဖာ်ေဆာင်ေရဵ လုပ်ငန်ဵစဉ်မျောဵကို ြေိုင်မာစွာ အေကာင်အထည်ေဖာ်ေဆာင်လျေက်ရှိပါသည်။ သို့ရာတွင် လက်ရှိကကုဳေတွ့ေနရငပီဵအနာဂတ် ကာလတွင်လည်ဵ ကကုဳေတွ့ရဖွယ်ရှိ သည်ဴ ရာသီဥတုေခပာင်ဵလဲမှုမျောဵသည် ငငိမ်ဵြေျေမ်ဵေရဵကကိုဵပမ်ဵတည်ေဆာက်မှုမျောဵ၊ စဉ်ဆက်မခပတ် ဖွဳ့ငဖိုဵတိုဵတက်မှု ပန်ဵတိုင်မျောဵနှင်ဴ အမျေ ိုဵသာဵဘက်စုဳ ဖွဳ့ငဖိုဵ တိုဵတက်မှု ရည်မှန်ဵြေျေက်မျောဵသို့ ေရာက်ရှိေရဵေဆာင်ရွက်ရာတွင် အဟန့်အတာဵ တစ်ြေုသဖွယ် ခဖစ်ေနပါသည်။ လွန်ြေဲဴေသာ နှစ်ေပါင်ဵ (၆၀) ကာလအတွင်ဵ နိုင်ငဳအနှဳ့အခပာဵတွင် ေရကကီဵ ခြေင်ဵ၊ မုန်တိုင်ဵတိုက်ြေတ်ခြေင်ဵနှင်ဴ မိုဵေြေါင်ခြေင်ဵတို့ ပိုမိုခပင်ဵထန်စွာ ခဖစ်ပွာဵြေဲဴေသာ ေ ကာင်ဴ အသက်အိုဵအိမ် စည်ဵစိမ်မျောဵ ပျေက်စီဵဆုဳဵရှုဳဵမှု၊ လမ်ဵတဳတာဵ ဆက်သွယ်ေရဵ အပါအဝင် အေခြေြေဳအေဆာက်အဦမျောဵ ပျေက်စီဵမှုနှင်ဴ စီဵပွာဵေရဵထိြေိုက်မှုမျောဵ ခဖစ်ေပါ် ြေဲဴပါသည်။ ထို့ခပင် ခပင်ဵထန်ေသာ ရာသီဥတု၏ ဆိုဵကျေ ိုဵသက်ေရာက်မှုမျောဵသည..."
Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-13
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Title: Myanmar Climate Change Strategy (2018 – 2030)
Description: "Myanmar has achieved significant growth in recent years, and projections indicate that growth will accelerate due to lower levels of political uncertainty and strong investment (WEF 2016). However, the impacts of climate change have already undermined development outcomes and will continue to do so for future development outcomes if these impacts are not managed or addressed. The observed and projected changes in climate include a general increase in temperature, variation in rainfall and an increased occurrence and severity of extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, intense rains and extreme high temperatures. The country is also experiencing a decrease in the duration of the southwest monsoon season due to its late onset and early retreat (NAPA 2013). Current patterns of socioeconomic development rely on climate-sensitive sectors and regions. For example, agriculture is the largest economic sector, contributing to 30 percent of GDP and employing to 61 percent of the labour force (MOAI 2014). An increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events has caused a decline in agricultural productivity, which has resulted in a decrease in GDP and household income and rising food insecurity (MOAI 2015). Myanmar's population and economic activities are concentrated in disaster risk-prone areas such as the Delta, Coastal and Central Dry Zones, which are highly exposed to hazards and have both high poverty levels and low response capacity. Coastal regions are particularly at risk from sea level rise and cyclones, while the lowlands and Central Dry Zone are vulnerable to the impacts of floods and droughts, respectively. Communities and businesses located in at-risk regions and reliant on climate-sensitive economic activities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (NAPA 2013; IPCC 2014). Due to its exposure and sensitivity to current and projected weather patterns, Myanmar is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In the past 20 years (1995–2014), it has been exposed to 41 extreme weather events resulting in a death toll of 7, 146 (annual average) inhabitants and an annual average of 0.74 percent loss per.....ြပည်ေထာင်စုသမ္မတ ြမန်မာနိုင်ငဳေတာ်အစိုဵရ၊ သယဳဇာတနှင်ဴ သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်ဵ ျင် ထိန်ဵသိမ်ဵေရဵဝန်က ီဵဌာန (MONREC)သည် ဤမဟာဗျူဟာ ေရဵဆွဲြပုစုရာတွင် ပူဵေပါင်ဵပါဝင်ေသာ ြမန်မာဴရာသီဥတုေြပာင်ဵလဲမှုဆိုင်ရာ ပူဵေပါင်ဵေဆာင်ရွ ်မှုအစီအစဉ်(MCCA) ၏ စီမဳ ိန်ဵဆိုင်ရာ ဦဵေဆာင်ေ ာ်မတီအဖွဲ့ဝင်မျာဵအာဵလုဳဵ၏ လမ်ဵညွှန်မှုမျာဵနှင်ဴ နည်ဵပညာလုပ်ငန်ဵ အဖွဲ့ဝင်မျာဵ အာဵလုဳဵ၏ ဝိုင်ဵဝန်ဵ ူညီပဳဴပိုဵမှုမျာဵ ို အေလဵထာဵအသိအမှတ်ြပုပါသည်။ နည်ဵပညာလုပ်ငန်ဵ အဖွဲ့တွင် အဓိ ျေသာ ဝန်က ီဵဌာနမျာဵ၊ ဦဵစီဵဌာနမျာဵ၊ ေနြပည်ေတာ်၊ ရန် ုန်နှင်ဴ မန္တေလဵမမို့မျာဵ ၏ မမို့ေတာ်စည်ပင်သာယာေရဵေ ာ်မတီဝင်မျာဵ၊ ပညာေရဵအဖွဲ့အစည်ဵမျာဵ၊ ြပည်ေထာင်စုသမ္မတ ြမန်မာနိုင်ငဳ ုန်သည်မျာဵနှင်ဴစ ်မှုလ ်မှုလုပ်ငန်ဵရှင်မျာဵအသင်ဵချုပ်(UMFCCI)၊ ြမန်မာဴပတ်ဝန်ဵ ျင် ထူေထာင်ထိန်ဵသိမ်ဵေရဵ ွန်ရ ် (MERN) အပါအဝင် လူမှုအဖွဲ့အစည်ဵမျာဵ၊ ပတ်ဝန်ဵ ျင်ထိန်ဵသိမ်ဵ ေရဵ နှငဴ် ရာသီဥတုေြပာင်ဵလဲမှု လုပ်ငန်ဵနယ်ပယ်မျာဵတွင် ေဆာင်ရွ ်ေနသညဴ် လူမှု အဖွဲ့အစည်ဵမျာဵ၊ ြမန်မာနိုင်ငဳအင်ဂျင်နီယာအသင်ဵနှငဴ် ဖွဳ့မဖိုဵမှု မိတ်ဖ ်အဖွဲ့အစည်ဵမျာဵြဖစ်ေသာ ုလသမဂ္ဂဖွဳ့မဖိုဵမှု အစီအစဉ် (UNDP)၊ သဘာဝေဘဵအန္တရာယ် ေလျှောဴချေရဵလုပ်ငန်ဵအဖွဲ့၊ ပတ်ဝန်ဵ ျင် ဏ္ဍလုပ်ငန်ဵ အဖွဲ့၊ သစ်ေတာြပုန်ဵတီဵြခင်ဵနှင်ဴ သစ်ေတာအတန်ဵအစာဵ ျဆင်ဵြခင်ဵမှ ာဗွန်ထုတ်လွှတ်မှု ေလျှောဴချြခင်ဵအစီအစဉ် (UN-REDD+)၊ Plan International၊ မ္ဘာလုဳဵဆိုင်ရာ သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်ဵ ျင် ရန်ပုဳေငွအဖွဲ့ (WWF-ြမန်မာ)တို့ပါဝင်ပါသည်။ အဆိုပါအဖွဲ့အစည်ဵမျာဵမှ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်မျာဵသည် လ ်ေတွ့ ေဆာင်ရွ ်နိုင်မညဴ် ဤမဟာဗျူဟာ ို ေရဵဆွဲနိုင်ရန် ၎င်ဵတို့၏ တန်ဖိုဵရှိလှေသာ ယူဆချ ်မျာဵ၊ အက ဳဉာဏ်မျာဵနှင်ဴ ဗျူဟာေြမာ ်အြမင်မျာဵ ို ဝိုင်ဵဝန်ဵပဳဴပိုဵေပဵခဲဴက ပါသည်။..."
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Source/publisher: HABITAT (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)
Date of publication: 2019-05-27
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Title: Discussing Migration at Twe Let Mandalay workshop
Creator/author: Tin Thoung, Nyein Thet Nwe, U Zaw Moe Aung, Zin Nyo Nyo Win
Source/publisher: IOM Myanmar
Date of publication: 2019-06-17
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-22
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Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: President announces national environment and climate change policies to mark World Environment Day 2019
Description: Nay Pyi Taw – The Government of Myanmar today announced its vision for the country’s environmental protection and climate action, launching two new policies that will guide Myanmar’s environmental management and climate change strategy. Myanmar is widely considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change, and its renowned biodiversity and natural resources are under increasing pressure as the country develops. More intense and more frequent floods, cyclones and droughts have caused immense loss of life and damage to infrastructure and the economy. President U Win Myint announced the two new policies – the National Environmental Policy and the Myanmar Climate Change Policy – at an event marking World Environment Day in the capital. More than 400 attended the announcement, including senior government officials from Union ministries, states and regions and representatives from civil society, academic institutions, businesses and the international community, including the acting UN Resident Coordinator and EU Ambassador. Speaking at the launch, President U Win Myint said, “I am greatly honored to launch these policies in this auspicious ceremony. These policies, strategy and master plan have to be implemented effectively in the relevant sectors through short-and long-term development plans and investments, respectively. I have no doubt that we have confidence to achieve sustainable and harmonious development which balances economic, social and environmental pillars. It can be achieved by understanding current promulgated environmental policy and Climate change policy, environmental conservation laws, by-laws, rules and regulations, guidelines in the relevant Ministries, civil society, businesses, technicians, students and people, and also contributing to the development projects, investments and sustainable development activities, based on the technology and experiences with international best practices through reducing greenhouse gas emission and development of air pollution management plan. I would like to urge Myanmar citizens, including all of you, to participate for the current and future sustainable development of our country by changing your daily lifestyles in order to support environmental conservation. And, I also would like to urge you again to beat air pollution as an important part of Myanmar’s sustainable development to benefit our society as a whole.”
Creator/author: vi Rivinoja, Shashank Mishra, Nina Raasakka, Martin Cosier
Source/publisher: UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
Date of publication: 2019-06-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-19
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Language: English
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Title: Sustainable cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar
Description: "Myanmar is highly vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather conditions. Changing rainfall patterns, increasing temperatures and rising sea level have negative impact on agricultural production which can lead to food insecurity. Insufficient legal regulatory and institutional frameworks and limited capacity among key stakeholders in developing and implementing improved practices for the management of productive landscapes (agricultural lands and forests) are key barriers for Myanmar to effectively cope with the impacts of land degradation and climate change. In order to address identified barriers and respond to the national needs, FAO coordinates the implementation of a project entitled “Sustainable cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar” in close collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC), and the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI). It is expected that by adapting Climate Smart Agricultural and Sustainable Forest Management systems, that are more resilient to climatic trends and changes, production can be sustainably increased and achievement of national food security and development goals will be enhanced. By signing the Paris Agreement, Myanmar has sent a very clear signal about pursuing a low carbon development path. This is further backed up by national initiatives such as the development of the National Climate Change Policy and sector strategies like the Myanmar Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy. The project is therefore well aligned with the national development agenda..."
Source/publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication: 2018-10-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-18
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Language: English
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Title: Climate Smart Agriculture Curriculum/Module for B. Agr. Sc. and M. Agr. Sc Degree Programme at Yezin Agricultural University in Myanmar
Description: "The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing a project entitled “Sustainable Cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar (SLM-GEF)” in coordination with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project aims to facilitate and strengthen sustainable land management (SLM), sustainable forest management (SFM), and climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The project facilitates the adoption of climate smart agriculture (CSA) policies and practices that will help to sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience (adaptation), reduce/remove GHGs (mitigation) and enhance achievement of national food security and development goals. The project intends to establish a national CSA/SLM training program mainstreaming CSA/SLM in the agriculture related training conducted by Department of Agriculture (DoA), State Agricultural Institutes (SAI), Department of Agriculture Research (DAR) and Yezin Agricultural University (YAU). The project will work with DoA, SAIs, DAR and YAU to integrate CSA within their research, training and development programs. The training program will vary with the need and nature of the institutions, for example;(1) one month training together with other subjects for the in-service or refresher course at Central Agriculture Research and Training Centre (CARTC), (2) one week intensive training of trainers (ToT) aiming for the senior extension agents of DoA, DAR and YAU, (3) CSA component integrated into the course for diploma students at SAIs, and (4) CSA component integrated into the course for bachelor and master's level at YAU. AVSI Foundation has been contracted to develop the Climate Smart Agriculture Curriculum and Handbook to be introduced and incorporated as a course (subject) into the existing education systems at different levels as mentioned above. This document will serve as the main resource/reference book for professors/lecturers/teachers from the different Departments at YAU to include the related topics on CSA into their courses for teaching the students..."
Source/publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication: 2019-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-17
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Language: English
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Title: FAO Myanmar Newsletter, July 2018 - Issue #2, No. 6
Description: "Welcome to the second issue of the FAO Myanmar Newsletter in 2018 featuring highlights of FAO’s recent achievements towards national priorities and global commitment to eradicate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in our life time. This edition is now the sixth issue of our quarterly newsletter since it started in March 2017! Having in mind that Myanmar is subject to various challenges that can stress agricultural livelihoods and undermine national food and nutrition security, much of our recent work has focused on identifying the nexus between climate change, natural disasters and poverty and how this nexus can be best addressed for the benefit of the poorest communities. FAO Myanmar remains committed to enhance resilience of vulnerable communities through restoring, protecting and improving livelihood opportunities. In May 2018, a team of experts from FAO HQ, regional and country office, in collaboration with WFP and with the support of the Government of Myanmar, successfully conducted a mission to assess the food security situation in Rakhine State. As forests constitute the dominant ecosystem in Myanmar, with 44.2% of the country’s land area, we have also continued actions to mitigate the impact of climate change through the establishment of the National Forest Inventory System under the umbrella of the UN -REDD Programme. With the aim of addressing the underlying causes of malnutrition, we have been also supporting the development of the Multi Sector National Plan of Action for Nutrition (MS-NPAN) through “Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation” (FIRST) Programme, funded by FAO and the European Union. Finally, recognizing the huge contribution of the livestock sector to food security and the overall wellbeing of smallholders, we have been supporting the development of policies and guidelines to implement a national programme recognizing the role of the Community Animal Health Workers (CHAW). While, in the poultry sector we have also advanced in improving farm biosecurity in Yangon Poultry Production Zone (PPZ) through the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)..."
Creator/author: Xiaojie Fan
Source/publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication: 2018-07-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Farmer Field School curriculum on Climate Smart Agriculture in upland/hilly areas of Chin State, Myanmar
Description: "The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing a project entitled “Sustainable Cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar (SLM-GEF)” in coordination with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). AVSI Foundation has been contracted to develop the National Farmer Field School (FFS) curriculum and FFS Handbook. AVSI Foundation has developed a FFS curriculum/module on climate smart agriculture (CSA) techniques/practices for each selected agricultural crop and for each of the three agro-ecological zones incorporating solutions to the major problems identified during the need assessments and also considering the findings of value chain analysis. The Farmer Field School (FFS) is a learning process whereby a group of farmers come together and engage in a process of hands-on field-based learning process over a season/ production cycle. FFS is a time-bound learning by doing activity with a beginning and an end and aims to solve the problems related to cultivating crops. FFS is a platform for holistic learning, and should address issues and aspects that directly or indirectly contribute to the performance of the local farming system, even if these issues are not agriculture-based as such. All FFS programmes need to integrate programming on gender equality and nutrition concerns in FFS development. Gender norms, roles and customs are very relevant for FFS implementation such as assessment and targeting of the specific needs of male and female farmers, selection and gender awareness of facilitators, and composition of an FFS group (with adequate representation of women and girls) and targeting the specific needs and priorities of men and women. This module of FFS has been designed to increase agricultural productivity of the priority crops in Chin State (Mindat and Kanpetlet Townships) by addressing the challenges identified during the needs assessments based on knowledge systems and practices by FAO with support of AVSI as a Service Provider. During the need assessment cultural barriers for FFS implementation, gender norms, traditions, etc. were considered. Generally, it’s been observed that farmers, both men and women, have low knowledge of climate smart agriculture (CSA). The learning objectives of the proposed FFS modules are to: Empower farmers (both men and women) with knowledge and skills to improve the productivity of their main crops. • Sharpen the farmers’ ability to make critical and informed decisions that render their farming profitable and climate-smart for both male and female farmers. • To sensitize farmers in new ways of thinking and solve problems linked to climate changes. • Help farmers learn how to organize themselves and their communities, with a focus on women and girls..."
Source/publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication: 2019-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Title: Famer Field School curriculum on Climate Smart Agriculture in central dry zone, Myanmar
Description: "The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing a project entitled “Sustainable Cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar (SLM-GEF)” in coordination with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). AVSI Foundation has been contracted to develop the National Farmer Field School (FFS) curriculum and FFS Handbook. AVSI Foundation has developed a FFS curriculum/module on climate smart agriculture (CSA) techniques/practices for each selected agricultural crop and for three agro-ecological zones incorporating solutions to the major problems identified during the needs assessments, also considering the findings of the value chain analysis. The Farmer Field School (FFS) is a learning process whereby a group of farmers come together and engage in a process of hands-on field-based learning process over a season/ production cycle. FFS is a time-bound learning by doing activity with a beginning and an end and aims to solve the problems related to cultivating crops. FFS is a platform for holistic learning and should address issues and aspects that directly or indirectly contribute to the performance of the local farming system, even if these issues are not agriculture-based as such. All FFS programmes need to integrate programming on gender equality and nutrition concerns in FFS development. Gender norms, roles and customs are very relevant for FFS implementation such as assessment and targeting of the specific needs of male and female farmers, selection and gender awareness of facilitators, and composition of an FFS group (with adequate representation of women and girls) and targeting the specific needs and priorities of men and women. This module of FFS has been designed to increase agricultural productivity of the priority crops in Central Dry Zone (Nyaung-U and Kyaukpadaung), by addressing the challenges identified during the needs assessment conducted based on knowledge systems and practices by FAO with support of AVSI as a Service Provider. During the need assessment cultural barriers for FFS implementation, gender norms, traditions, etc. were considered. Generally, it’s been observed that farmers, both men and women, have low knowledge of climate smart agriculture (CSA). The learning objectives of this module are to:  Empower farmers (both men and women) with knowledge and skills to improve the productivity of their main crops.  Sharpen the farmers’ ability to make critical and informed decisions that render their farming profitable and climate-smart for both male and female farmers.  To sensitize farmers in new ways of thinking and solve problems linked to climate changes. Help farmers learn how to organize themselves and their communities, with a focus on women and girls..."
Source/publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication: 2019-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 1.27 MB
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Title: Participatory rural appraisal- Vulnerability study of Ayeyarwady Delta fishing communities in Myanmar and social protection opportunities
Description: "Fisheries co-management projects, bringing together fisher communities, government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO) and research organizations, represent the best opportunity for developing and sustaining inland and delta fisheries in Myanmar. Each partner brings different competencies, field-tested experiences and an extensive network of communities, service providers and trading networks into the process. Vulnerability can be defined as the extent to which an activity or a group of persons is exposed to a hazard, and also the extent to which they are able to respond or adapt. It also includes socio-economic characteristics (e.g. poverty and employment rates, age of the population, power dynamics). The Participatory rural appraisal – Vulnerability study of Ayeyarwady Delta fishing communities in Myanmar and social protection opportunities (PRA-V study) seeks to inform fisheries management and social protection processes of the key vulnerability issues faced by fishers at the five pilot sites selected for fisheries co-management. The five co-management sites are located in: Labutta, Pyapon, Maubin, Hinthada and Thabaung townships (Figure 2). All sites have a t least one villa ge t ha t is implementing a rudimentary form of fisheries co-management. Two of the sites (Labutta and Pyapon) are in coastal saline areas, two are in freshwater areas (Hinthada and Thabaung) while the fifth site (Maubin) is in an area inland that alternates between freshwater and brackish conditions..."
Creator/author: Aung Kyaw Thein, Richard Gregory, Michael Akester, Florence Poulain, Romain Langeard
Source/publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication: 2019-01-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-06-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 2.8 MB
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