Basic information on the geography and environment of Burma/Myanmar

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Source/publisher: www via Google
Date of entry/update: 2018-06-14
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Description: Major Mountain peaks...Selected international agreements and conventions related to climate and environment... Economy... Major agricultural products... Major Industries... Geography / Geopolitics... Climate
Source/publisher: ICIMOD
Date of entry/update: 2012-06-10
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Description: Contents: 1 Climate 2 Mountains 2.1 Main peaks 3 Rivers 4 Maritime claims 4.1 Islands 5 Land use and natural resources 6 Natural hazards 7 Environment 7.1 Environment - international agreements 8 See also 9 References 10 External links
Source/publisher: Wikipedia
Date of entry/update: 2012-06-10
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Description: "To most people in Myanmar, food waste is nothing but garbage, and that attitude leaves Inda Soe Aung baffled. But the 35-year-old environmentalist isn't complaining, because what he views as his compatriots' lack of imagination has given him the business opportunity of a lifetime - turning what they throw away into fertiliser. "People think that food waste is just trash, trash, trash," he said. "It's difficult for me to introduce to the public that food waste is a natural resource." Each day, he collects about a tonne of food waste from wet markets near his home in Yangon's North Dagon Township, pouring baskets of leftover vegetables into a cart before processing it into organic compost over the course of several months. He started his business, Bokashi Myanmar, nearly two years ago and has so far created 500 tonnes of fertiliser, which he sells mainly for use in gardens and home farms. Advertisement His aim is to triple production and help the environment by reducing greenhouse gases, while persuading other people to adopt the techniques for soil preservation and combating climate change he outlines on his company's Facebook page. Yangon authorities estimate that, across all categories, the fast-growing city generates 2,300-2,500 tonnes of waste each day, inundating landfill sites that are decreasing in number as demand for land grows..."
Source/publisher: "CNA" ( Singapore)
2020-06-04
Date of entry/update: 2020-06-04
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Description: "The Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuary in western Myanmar were designated as a Ramsar site on Friday, the International Day for Biological Diversity, according to the Information Ministry. Lying on the western coast of Myanmar within Rakhine state, the Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuary were designated as a wetland site to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. "We are very proud that Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuary is today designated as a Ramsar site, as sixth Ramsar site for our country," Dr. Naing Zaw Htun, director of Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division of the Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, told Xinhua. Being home to a variety of animal species including endangered species and having a productive marine ecosystem, the Nantha Island and Mayyu Estuary met five of nine Ramsar site criteria, the ministry's release said..."
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Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
2020-05-22
Date of entry/update: 2020-05-22
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Description: "Conservationists here believe they have found a method to breed the critically endangered Burmese star tortoise, found only in the forests of Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Times, the hatching rate for the Burmese star tortoise was very low in the wild, while the rate was much better using the new method. Nyaung Oo Lawkanada Wildlife Sanctuary’s Burmese Star Tortoise Farm warden U Shwe Htay Aung said the hatching rate at the farm was 68 per cent compared with only five to 10 per cent in the wild. The Burmese star tortoise, scientifically known as Geochelone platynota, is a critically endangered species endemic to the dry zone in central Myanmar’s Mandalay, Magwe and Sagaing regions. “A total of 1,060 tortoises hatched from 2,289 eggs laid by 115 female tortoises in 2018 at the farm.” Aside from being a favourite prey of illegal wildlife traders because of their meat and shell, which is said to have medicinal value, the depletion of the species is also due to the destruction of its habitat by illegal logging and the conversion of forests to farmland. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified Burmese star tortoises as an endangered species and the government prohibits the hunting, transport and trading of the tortoise, favoured for its meat and shell. Burmese star tortoises can live up to 100 years and typically inhabit empty fields and bushes. Female adults generally get bigger than males, reaching 35cm in carapace length and start laying eggs at 6 years old in September and February..."
Source/publisher: "New Straits Times" (Malaysia)
2020-01-03
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-21
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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)
2019-11-13
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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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)
2019-02-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-03
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Sub-title: The anticipated hot weather in India has been coming and going this year but in Myanmar, it has been breaking records.
Description: "Yangon, the commercial capital of Myanmar, recorded 42 degrees Celsius on Friday. According to records retrieved from archives held by the Deutscher Wetterdienst, this was a new record for the city. The previous April high temperature was listed as 41.1C. These records go back to 1881. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology in Myanmar noted new records for five cities on Friday and Yangon was not the hottest. The city and port of Chauk, on the banks of the Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar, has been hitting 45C regularly since April 12. On Thursday, Chauk notched up 46.4C, which is 5C above the average and with the air from the river keeping the relative humidity at 25 percent, these conditions are difficult to endure. U Kyaw Moe Oo, director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, warned that temperatures may be higher than normal this summer: it is an El Nino year and that can mean drier and hotter weather than is normal. At the moment, El Nino is weak and is forecast to stay that way throughout the summer. The monsoon rains should arrive as normal under such conditions. May is when it should start raining in Yangon. That would induce a fall in temperatures, but a rise in humidity. Nevertheless, the combination of a warming climate and a weak El Nino in the Pacific could both weaken the monsoon rains and allow a consequent hotter than normal summer..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera"
2019-04-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-13
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Description: "MCRB, in partnership with Metta Development Foundation and Environmental Conservation and Farmer Development Organization (Shan), held a workshop on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) in Taunggyi on 3-4 October for around 40 partiicpants from civil society organisations (CSOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) from southern Shan State to follow up an earlier introductory workshop in June. Senior office-holders in the new Myanmar Environmental Assessment Association, which brings together EIA consultants and other experts, presented on EIA practice from the 3rd party/consultant perspective. Shwetaung/Apache Cement presented their experience from a company perspective and made available hard copies of their EIA/EMP and Biodiversity Action Plan for study..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB)
2018-10-15
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-27
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Description: Major Category: Natural Resources Management Sub Category: biodiversity/protected areas conservation sector policies/programmes---BACKGROUND: Country profile; Biodiversity--- BIODIVERSITY POLICY--- BIODIVERSITY LEGISLATION: State law; International conventions--- CATEGORIES OF PROTECTED AREAS--- INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: State management; NGO and donor involvement; Private sector involvement--- INVENTORY OF PROTECTED AREAS--- CONSERVATION COVER BY PROTECTED AREAS--- AREAS OF MAJOR BIODIVERSITY SIGNIFICANCE--- TOURISM IN PROTECTED AREAS--- COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION--- GENDER--- CROSS BOUNDARY ISSUES: Internal boundaries; International borders; Cross border trade--- MAJOR PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
Creator/author: Clarke, J.E.
Source/publisher: Regional Environmental Technical Assistance 5771 - Poverty Reduction & Environmental Management in Remote Greater Mekong ubregion (GMS) Watersheds Project (Phase I)
1999-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-18
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Language: English
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