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Title: Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (MYLAFF folder)
Description/subject: To access some files, users may have to take out a (free) subscription to MYLAFF at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mylaff..... Hutgyi Dam EIA - 13 files... Thilawa SEZ - 1 file... A Survey of the State of Disclosure of Environmental Impact Assessments in Myanmars Oil and Gas Sector... Sustainability Roadmap for Myanmar: Environment Perspective
Source/publisher: MYLAFF
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-02
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: "Yes Minister"- Britain?s European policy (video)
Description/subject: Sir Humphrey explains
Source/publisher: BBC
Date of publication: 1983-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-02
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: End of mission statement by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, 1 July 2016
Description/subject: Conclusion: "...Let me conclude by reiterating my firm belief that Myanmar?s young democracy can only progress if human rights are fully mainstreamed into its institutional, legal and policy framework. Building a culture of respect for human rights must be a priority now and in the future. While I am aware of the need to give space and time for the new Government to address the many complex challenges facing the country, I must remain constructively and critically engaged and vocal in encouraging and advocating for greater progress on human rights. I must also continue to hold Myanmar accountable to its international human rights obligations. That is my mandate as Special Rapporteur. The international community also has a responsibility in this regard. In the rush to forge or strengthen political or economic ties, international actors must continue to prioritize human rights, particularly in business and investment relations. International actors should not undermine human rights priorities, including by remaining silent when confronted with human rights concerns or at worst, becoming complicit in perpetuating human rights abuses. The international community must remain fully engaged on human rights issues in Myanmar. It should also remain committed to providing necessary assistance and support to further the reforms in line with international human rights standards. It is vital that all actors work together to ensure human rights are respected and protected across Myanmar. At the start of my visit, I stated that my objective, as Special Rapporteur, is to continue to work closely with the Government and people of Myanmar, for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country. I reaffirm that pledge to you now"...... The Alternate URL contains the Special Raporteur?s programme, with list of people and institutions met.
Yanghee Lee
Source/publisher: UN Information Centres via Reliefweb
Date of publication: 2016-07-01
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-02
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Amnesty International Myanmar page
Description/subject: Campaigns, News, Research
Source/publisher: Amnesty International
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-30
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: Myanmar: Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Bill - Legal analysis
Description/subject: Executive Summary: "ARTICLE 19 welcomes the newly elected National League for Democracy?s (NLD) initiative to reform protest laws in Myanmar. The speed with which the proposed Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Bill (the Bill) was put before the Parliament is a welcome sign of the government?s intention to reform laws that have demonstrably been used to restrict the right to freedom of expression and the right to assembly. At the same time, we encourage the government to pause and consult widely with civil society on the Bill before proceeding further in the Parliament. In particular, the consultation should assess whether and how provisions in the Bill could be used intentionally or otherwise to continue past repression of protesters. ARTICLE 19 is particularly concerned that the current Bill: • Includes provisions that are not necessary in a democracy; • Includes provisions that are vaguely written and could be used arbitrarily to restrict freedom of expression; and • Includes criminalisation and prison sentences for peaceful protest. The Bill will be a step forward from the current Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law, as amended in 2014. However, it continues to include criminalisation and vague provisions that ARTICLE 19 raised concerns about in 2014. and which have been used to criminalise and imprison hundreds of peaceful protesters over the past two years. ARTICLE 19 recommends that the Government: • Pause the parliamentary process and consult with civil society broadly, with the aim of returning a revised bill. This consultation should in particular consider the potential ramifications of the Bill?s provisions, testing their need in a democracy and identifying whether they can be used arbitrarily. Consultations should be guided by the ?joint practical recommendations for the management of assembles”, issued by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;1 • Consider how criminal actions potentially committed during protests, such as destruction of property or violence, could be better dealt with by using criminal laws of general application, rather than specific laws for protesters only. Based on this considerations, return a revised bill; • Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the Myanmar Government agreed in recommendations accepted during the November 2015 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council. While ratifying, begin to engage more thoroughly with the international human rights system, for example by inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association to Myanmar to support in the development of this Bill. In the following analysis, ARTICLE 19 highlights the priority concerns regarding the Bill, with recommendations based upon international human rights law and standards."
Source/publisher: Article 19
Date of publication: 2016-05-16
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-29
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: "They Can Arrest You at Any Time" - The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Burma
Description/subject: Summary: "While the country is more open than before, the people?s rights are being neglected. They can arrest you at any time under these laws. There is no guarantee. ?Pang Long, attorney, Rangoon, January 2016 The past five years have been a time of liberalization and change in Burma. The abolition of prior censorship and a loosening of licensing requirements has led to a vibrant press, and the shift from formal military rule has emboldened civil society. The change has not been without conflict, however, and, under President Thein Sein, those who embraced the new freedoms to vocally criticize the government or military too often found themselves arrested and in prison. The backlash against critics was facilitated by a range of overly broad and vaguely worded laws that violate internationally protected rights to expression and peaceful assembly, some dating from the British colonial era, some enacted under successive military juntas, and others the products of reform efforts, or ostensible reform efforts, by the Thein Sein government. This report examines how Burmese governments have used and abused these laws and the ways in which the laws themselves fall far short of international standards. It sets forth a series of concrete recommendations to the new Burmese government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy (NLD), aimed at dismantling the inherited legal infrastructure of repression..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Watch
Date of publication: 2016-06-29
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-29
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: US to downgrade Myanmar in annual human trafficking report (text and video)
Description/subject: "The United States has decided to place Myanmar on its global list of worst offenders in human trafficking, officials said, a move aimed at prodding the country?s new democratically elected government and its still-powerful military to do more to curb the use of child soldiers and forced labour. The reprimand of Myanmar comes despite U.S. efforts to court the strategically important country to help counteract China?s rise in the region and build a Southeast Asian bulwark against Beijing?s territorial assertiveness in the South China Sea. Myanmar?s demotion, part of the State Department?s closely watched annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report due to be released on Thursday, also appears intended to send a message of U.S. concern about continued widespread persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in the Buddhist-majority nation. The country?s new leader, democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, has been criticized internationally for neglecting the Rohingya issue since her administration took office this year. Washington has faced a complex balancing act over Myanmar, a former military dictatorship that has emerged from decades of international isolation since launching sweeping political changes in 2011. President Barack Obama?s diplomatic opening to Myanmar is widely seen as a key foreign policy achievement as he enters his final seven months in office, but even as he has eased some sanctions he has kept others in place to maintain leverage for further reforms. At the same time, Washington wants to keep Myanmar from slipping back into China?s orbit at a time when U.S. officials are trying to forge a unified regional front. The U.S. decision to drop Myanmar to ?Tier 3,” the lowest grade, putting it alongside countries like Iran, North Korea and Syria, was confirmed by a U.S. official in Washington and a Bangkok-based official from an international organisation informed of the move. Another person familiar with the matter said: ?I?m not going to turn you away from this conclusion.” All spoke on condition of anonymity..."
Source/publisher: Reuters UK
Date of publication: 2016-06-29
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-29
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: TRAINED TO TORTURE: Systematic war crimes by the Burma Army in Ta?ang areas of northern Shan State (March 2011 - March 2016)
Description/subject: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: "...This report provides evidence that the Burma Army is committing war crimes ? in particular torture, shelling of civilian targets, and enslavement of civilians as porters and human shields -- on a widespread, systematic scale during its ongoing offensives in Ta?ang areas of northern Shan State. The fact that the crimes are being committed with complete impunity, not only by locally based battalions, but increasingly by battalions deployed under combat divisions deployed from central Burma, indicates clearly that the crimes are being authorized from the central command. TWO is gravely concerned that the Burma Army, which remains exempt from civilian oversight under the current constitution, is not only continuing its offensives in the ethnic areas in defiance of the ?peace process”, but is also systematically committing war crimes against the ethnic peoples in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. It is urgently needed for the National League for Democracy (NLD) to act to curb the military?s power, its criminal practices and impunity. Simply sharing power with the Burma Army under the current government will only maintain the military status quo, perpetuating the war and condemning the ethnic peoples to untold ongoing suffering..."
Source/publisher: Ta?ang Women?s Organization (TWO)
Date of publication: 2016-06-28
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-29
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Handbook on Habeas Corpus in Myanmar - Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Description/subject: နိဒါန်းနှင့် အနှစ်ချုပ် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာဥပဒေမှ လူသားတစ်ဦးချင်း၏ အခွင့်အရေးဖြစ်သည့် လွတ်လပ်ခွင့်ကို တရား လက်လွတ်ဆုံးရှုံးခံရမှုအပေါ် လျင်မြန်သော တရားရေးကျင့်ထုံးဥပဒေ ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးခြင်း အခွင့်အရေးအတွက် အာမခံပေးထားရာ ၎င်းတွင် အမှီအခိုကင်း၍ ဘက်မလိုက်သည့်တရားရုံးမှ ၎င်းတို့အား ဥပဒေအရ ထိန်းသိမ်းခံထား ရမှုအပေါ် သုံးသပ်ပြီး မှားယွင်းစွာထိန်းသိမ်းခံရသူများအား လွှတ်ပေးရန် အမိန့်ပေးပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်။1 အဆိုပါ လုပ်ထုံး လုပ်နည်းသည် အင်္ဂလိပ်ရိုးရာဥပဒေ (common law) ကို အခြေခံထားသော ဥပဒေစနစ်များပါ လျှောက်ထားလွှာ ဖြစ်သည့် တရားရုံးရှေ့တော်သွင်း စာချွန်တော်အမိန့်ကို ယေဘုယျအားဖြင့် ရည်ညွှန်းပါသည်။2 ယင်းအခွင့်အရေး သည် ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းခံရမှုမှ လွတ်မြောက်ခွင့်ကို တရားလက်လွတ်ဆုံးရှုံးခြင်း ကြုံတွေ့သည့် မည်သူမဆို တရားရုံးတွင် အမှုခင်းဆိုင်ရာဆောင်ရွက်ချက်ရပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်။ သို့မှသာ တရားရုံးမှ နှောင့်နှေးမှုမရှိဘဲ ထိန်းသိမ်းမှုသည် ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ ဖြစ်၊ မဖြစ်ကို ဆုံးဖြတ်ပေးပြီး၊ အကယ်၍ တရားဥပဒေနှင့် အညီမဖြစ်ပါက ပြန်လည်လွှတ်ပေးရန် အမိန့်ထုတ်ဆင့်ခြင်းပြုရမည်။3 တရားရုံးတွင် ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ တရားဝင်မှု ရှိ၊ မရှိ (lawfulness)ကို စိန်ခေါ်နိုင်ခွင့်သည် မိမိကိုယ် ကိုရပ်တည်နိုင်သည့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးတစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ပြီး ၎င်းအား ငြင်းကွယ်ခြင်းသည် လူ့အခွင့်အရေး ချိုးဖောက်မှု တစ်ရပ်ပင် ဖြစ်သည်။4 တရားရုံးရှေ့တော်သွင်းစာချွန်တော်အမိန့်သည် ပုဂ္ဂလိကဆိုင်ရာ လွတ်လပ်မှု သို့မဟုတ် ရုပ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကို တရားစီရင်ရေးအမိန့်ဒီဂရီအားဖြင့် ကာကွယ်မှုပေးရာ ၎င်းတွင် ထိန်းသိမ်းခံရသူအား တရားသူကြီးမျက်မှောက်သို့ ခေါ်ဆောင်ရန် အမိန့်ထုတ်ဆင့်ပြီး ထိန်းသိမ်းခံရသူသည် ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ ထိန်းသိမ်း ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်ကို ဆုံးဖြတ်နိုင်ခြင်း၊ သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်ပါက ထိန်းသိမ်းခံရသူကို ပြန်လည်လွှတ်ပေးနိုင်ရန် အမိန့် ထုတ်ဆင့်နိုင်ခြင်းတို့ကို ဆောင်ရွက်နိုင်ပါသည်။5 မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ စစ်တပ်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးလက်အောက်တွင် ဥပဒေအရသော်လည်းကောင်း သို့တည်းမဟုတ် လက် တွေ့ဆောင်ရွက်မှုအားဖြင့်သော်လည်းကောင်း ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီဖမ်းဆီးခြင်းနှင့် ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းအား သုံးသပ်သည့် တရားစီရင်ရေးအတွက် ထိရောက်သောယန္တရား မရှိခဲ့ပေ။6 မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ၂၀၀၈ ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေရှိ ကြီးမား သော (မမျှော်လင့်ထားသော) တိုးတက်မှုတစ်ရပ်မှာ တရားရုံးရှေ့တော်သွင်း စာချွန်တော်အမိန့်ဆိုင်ရာ စာချွန် တော်အမိန့်ကို ပြန်လည်မိတ်ဆက်ထည့်သွင်းပေးခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။7 ထိုအချိန်မှစ၍ အစိုးရက ?၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ် စာချွန်တော် အမိန့် လျှောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာဥပဒေ” ကိုပြဋ္ဌန်းခဲ့ပြီး ပြည်ထောင်စုတရားလွှတ်တော်ချုပ်မှ အဆိုပါဥပဒေကို အကောင် အထည်ဖော်ဆောင်ရွက်မှုအတွက် နည်းဥပဒေသများနှင့် လုပ်ထုံးလုပ်နည်းများကို ပြဋ္ဌာန်းပေးထားပါသည်။8တရားစီရင်ရေးဆိုင်ရာ ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရေးနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကာကွယ်မှု အားကောင်းလာစေရေး လုပ် ငန်းစဉ်ကို ကူညီတွန်းအားပေးရန်အတွက် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေပညာရှင်များကော်မရှင် (ICJ) အနေဖြင့် နိုင်ငံ တကာဥပဒေနှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏လက်ရှိ ပြည်တွင်းဥပဒေတို့အရ တရားရုံးရှေ့တော်သွင်း စာချွန်တော်အမိန့်နှင့် စပ်ဆက်မှုရှိသည့် ဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ ဤဆွေးနွေးမှုစာတမ်းကို ရေးသားထားပါသည်။ အောက်ပါအချက်များသည့် အထူးအရေးပါသော အချက်များဖြစ်သည်။ • တရားလက်လွတ် သို့မဟုတ် တရားမဝင် ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း (သို့မဟုတ်) ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်းကို စိန်ခေါ်မှုပြုရန်အတွက် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာစံနှုန်း?
Source/publisher: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Date of publication: 2016-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-28
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Handbook on Habeas Corpus in Myanmar (English)
Description/subject: "...International law guarantees the right of all individuals deprived of their liberty to an expeditious judicial procedure in which an independent and impartial court reviews the legality of their detention and orders the release of individuals wrongfully detained.1 This right is commonly referred to as ?habeas corpus? in legal systems that are based on common law. The right entitles anyone who is deprived of liberty by arrest or detention to take proceedings before a court, in order that the court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of the detention and order release if the detention is not lawful. The right to challenge the lawfulness of detention before a court is a self-standing human right, the denial of which constitutes a human rights violation. Habeas corpus protects personal liberty or physical integrity by means of a judicial decree ordering the appropriate authorities to bring the detained person before a judge so that the lawfulness of the detention may be determined and, if appropriate, the release of the detainee ordered. In Myanmar under military rule from 1962 until 2008, there was no effective mechanism to challenge the lawfulness of detention before a court. One of the major (and unanticipated) improvements in Myanmar?s 2008 Constitution was the reintroduction of the writ of habeas corpus. Since then, the government has passed an ?Application of Writs Act 2014” and the Supreme Court has promulgated rules and procedures for its implementation. In order to assist and propel the process of judicial reform and strengthen the protection of human rights, the International Commission of Jurists provides this discussion of the law relevant to the writ of habeas corpus under international law as well as Myanmar?s current national law. The following are of particular significance: • Analysis of international standards for challenging arbitrary or unlawful arrest or detention (including that which results in torture and ill-treatment of detainees)... • Analysis of Myanmar?s current legal framework for the Constitutional writ of habeas corpus... • Analysis of the seemingly forgotten and underutilized procedure for challenging arbitrary arrest and detention (similar to the writ of habeas corpus) under Section 491 of the 1898 Code of Criminal Procedure... • Analysis of the few publicly available recent petitions for the writ of habeas corpus... • Analysis of relevant existing precedents (pre-1962) from the Myanmar judiciary?s case law on habeas corpus....."
Source/publisher: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
Date of publication: 2016-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-27
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Putting shifting cultivation on the ?Map”: Experiences from Laos
Description/subject: Key issues of shifting cultivation ?marginalization” 1. Shifting cultivation ?eradication” policies... 2. Land classification that ignores shifting cultivation... 3. Obscure macro level land zonation......
Andreas Heinimann
Source/publisher: University of Bern, OneMap Myanmar Project, LCG meeting Yangon, 17th June 2016
Date of publication: 2016-06-17
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-26
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: From Rice Bowl to Food Basket: ဆန အ ိုျးမှသည စာျးဖ ယ စိုံ မခင ျးရတာင ျးဆီသ ိုှံ့ - မမန မာန ိုင ငံစ ိုက ပ ျးရရျးနှင ှံ့
Description/subject: ဆန အ ိုျးမှသည စာျးဖ ယ စိုံမခင ျးရတာင ျးဆီသ ိုှံ့- မမန မာန ိုင ငံစ ိုက ပ ျးရရျးနှင ှံ့ စာျးနပ ရ ကခာကဏ်ဍရခတ မီတ ိုျးတက မှုအတ က မဏ်ဍ င (၃) ရပ အက ဉ ျးခ ပ မမန မာန ိုင ငံသည ရမပာင ျးလဲမပ မပင မှုအတ က အသင ှံ့အရနအထာျးတ င ရှ ရနဖပျီး အဆ ိုပါအရနအထာျးမှာ န ိုင ငံှံ့ လူဦျးရရ (၁၀) ဦျးလ င (၇) ဦျးနှုန ျး ရနထ ိုင ဖပျီး ရနထ ိုင သူလူဦျးရရအမ ာျးစိုမှာလည ျး ဆင ျးရဲန မ ျးပါျးမှုသံသရာထဲတ င သာ ရှ ရနရသျးသည ှံ့ မမန မာန ိုင ငံရက ျးလက ရဒသမ ာျးအတ က ပ ိုမ ိုမှန ကန ရနပါသည ။ ထက ဝက မကရသာအဆ ိုပါလူဦျးရရမှာ စ ိုက ပ ျးရရျးက ို တ ိုက ရ ိုက လိုပ က ိုင ရဆာင ရ က ရနကကဖပျီး မ မ နှင ှံ့ မ သာျးစိုအတ က ၊ ရပ ရ ာအသ ိုင ျးအဝ ိုင ျးအတ က နှင ှံ့ ရရာင ျးဝယ ရဖာက ကာျးမှုအတ က စ ိုက ပ ျးထိုတ လိုပ ရနကကပါသည ။ က ိုယ ပ ိုင လယ ယာရမမမရှ ရသာ အမခာျးရက ျးလက ရန အမ ာျး အမပာျးမှာထ က ကိုန သျီးနှံသယ ယူပ ိုှံ့ရဆာင မခင ျး၊ စာျးရသာက ကိုန စီမံမပ မပင ထိုတ လိုပ မခင ျးနှင ှံ့ ၎င်းင ျးတ ိုှံ့နှင ှံ့ ဆက န ယ ရသာ ဝန ရဆာင မှုလိုပ ငန ျးအစရှ သည ှံ့ လယ ယာမပင ပလိုပ ငန ျးမ ာျးမဖင ှံ့ အသက ရမ ျးဝမ ျးရက ာင ျးမှု မပ ရနကကပါသည ။ က န ရှ သူမ ာျးမှာ မမန မာန ိုင ငံရှ အမခာျးရသာဖမ ှံ့ကကျီးမ ာျးနှင ှံ့ န ိုင ငံရပ မခာျးမ ာျးသ ိုှံ့ထ က ခ ာဖပျီး အလိုပ အက ိုင အခ င ှံ့အလမ ျး ရှာရဖ ကကပါသည ။ ကမ်ာှံ့ဈီးပ ာျးရရျးအခ က အမခာက ရသာရဒသ၌တည ရှ ရနလင ှံ့ကစာျး မမန မာန ိုင ငံသည ရဒသတ င ျး၌ ဆင ျးရဲန မ ျးပါျးမှုနှင ှံ့ အာဟာရခ ှံ့တဲှံ့မှုနှုန ျးအမမင ှံ့ဆိုံျးစာရင ျးဝင လ က ရှ ရနပါသည ။ မမန မာ၏အ မ နျီးခ င ျးအာရှန ိုင ငံမ ာျးတ င ဝင ရင တ ိုျးတက လာမခင ျးနှင ှံ့ ဖမ ှံ့မပဆန လာမခင ျးမ ာျးနှင ှံ့အတူ ရမပာင ျးလဲမဖစ ရပေါျ လာသည ှံ့ စာျးသိုံျးသူမ ာျး၏ဝယ လ ိုအာျးတိုန ှံ့မပန မှုက ို ၎င်းင ျးတ ိုှံ့စာျးသိုံျးရနရသာ အမ ျးအစာျးစိုံလင လာသည ှံ့ စာျးရသာက ကိုန မ ာျးအာျးမဖင ှံ့ ရတ ှံ့ရှ ရပါသည ။ ရက ျးလက ရဒသဖ ံှံ့ဖဖ ျးတ ိုျးတက မှုအတ က ရိုပ ပ ိုင ျးဆ ိုင ရာအရမခခံ အရဆာက အအိုံမ ာျးတ င ရင ျးနျှီးမမ ပ နှံရပျးမခင ျး၊ မူဝါဒမ ာျးခ မှတ ရပျးမခင ျးမဖင ှံ့ ရတာင သူလယ သမာျးမ ာျးအာျး ရစ ျးက က လ ိုအပ ခ က နှင ှံ့ က ိုက ညီသည ှံ့ထိုတ ကိုန မ ာျးစ ိုက ပ ျးထိုတ လိုပ န ိုင ရန အာျးရပျးလှုံှံ့ရဆာ မှုမပ လ က ရှ ရာ ယင ျးလိုပ ရဆာင မှုမှာရတာင သူ လယ သမာျးမ ာျး၊ ထ က ကိုန သျီးနှံမ ာျးတန ဖ ိုျးမမ င ှံ့စီမံမပ မပင ထိုတ လိုပ သည ှံ့ ဈီးပ ာျးရရျးလိုပ ငန ျးရှင မ ာျးနှင ှံ့ ဖမ ှံ့မပကိုန စည ရစ ျးက က သာမကမပည ပရစ ျးက က မ ာျးက ိုပါ ခ တ ဆက ဝန ရဆာင မှုရပျးသည ှံ့လိုပ ငန ျးရှင မ ာျးအကကာျး ခ ိုင မာဖပျီးအက ျး ရှ သည ှံ့ လိုပ ငန ျးစက ဝန ျးတစ ရပ က ို မဖစ ရပေါျလာရစပါသည ။ စ ိုက ပ ျးထိုတ လိုပ မှုနှုန ျးမမ င ှံ့တင မခင ျးနှင ှံ့ က ဲမပာျးရသာ ထိုတ လိုပ မှုစနစ (တန ဖ ိုျးနည ျးသျီးနှံစ ိုက ပ ျးထိုတ လိုပ မှုမှ တန ဖ ိုျးမမင ှံ့ သာျးငါျးရမ ျးမမွူထိုတ လိုပ မခင ျး၊ ဆီထ က သျီးနှံ၊ ပဲမ ျးစိုံသျီးနှံ၊ ဥယ ာဉ မခံသျီးနှံနှင ှံ့ ရရထ က စာျးရသာက ကိုန မ ာျး ထိုတ လိုပ မခင ျးအစရှ သည ) လိုပ ရဆာင မခင ျးတ ိုှံ့သည တ ိုျးပ ာျးလာရသာဖမ ှံ့ရနစာျးသိုံျးသူလူတန ျးစာျးအတ က စာျးရသာက မှုကိုန က စရ တ က ို တည ဖင မ ရစရိုံသာမက ရက ျးလက ရနမပည သူလူထို၏ ဝင ရင က ိုတ ိုျးတက လာရစကာ ရဒသတ င ျးနှင ှံ့န ိုင ငံတကာရစ ျးက က ယှဉ ဖပ င ထ ိုျးရဖာက န ိုင မှုက ိုလည ျး ပ ိုမ ိုအာျးရကာင ျးလာရစပါသည ။ အ မ နျီးခ င ျးအာရှန ိုင ငံမ ာျးအကကာျးတ င ယင ျးသ ိုှံ့လိုပ ရဆာင မခင ျးက သန ျးရပါင ျးမ ာျးစ ာ ရသာ ရက ျးလက ရနလူထိုက ို ငတ မ တ ရခါင ျးပါျးမှုနှင ှံ့ ဆင ျးရဲန မ ျးပါျးမှုမှ လ တ ရမမာက ရစခဲှံ့ပါသည ။ မမန မာန ိုင ငံသည လည ျး ၎င်းင ျး၏အနာဂတ အတ က အဆ ိုပါအာမခံခ က က ိုဆိုပ က ိုင ရန အသင ှံ့အရနအထာျး၌ ရှ ရနပါသည ။ မမန မာန ိုင ငံအရ??
Source/publisher: National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NESAC)
Date of publication: 2016-04-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-26
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: From Rice Bowl to Food Basket: Three Pillars for Modernizing Myanmar?s Agricultural and Food Sector
Description/subject: Executive Summary: "Myanmar is ready for change. This is particularly true of Myanmar?s rural sector, where 7 out of every 10 people live and most people in poverty reside. Over half are employed directly in agriculture, producing food for themselves, their communities, and for sale. Many others in rural areas ? often without their own land ? work hard in rural non-farm enterprises transporting produce, processing foods, and providing needed services. Others may migrate in search of work in Myanmar?s cities or abroad. Yet despite its location at the crossroads of the most economically dynamic region in the world, Myanmar has among the highest rates of poverty and malnutrition in the region. Myanmar?s Asian neighbors have shown that, in response to consumer demand for increasingly diversified diets as incomes and urbanization rise, investing in rural infrastructure and establishing policies to encourage their farmers to produce products that meet market needs will unleash a virtuous circle of growth among farmers, food processers, and service providers who are linked to growing urban centers and export markets. Raising productivity and diversifying from low-value grains into high-value meats, oilseeds, pulses, horticulture, and aquaculture stabilizes food expenditures for increasingly urban consumers, raises incomes for rural areas, and strengthens competiveness in regional and global markets. Among Asian neighbors, it has helped raise millions of rural people out of hunger and poverty. Myanmar is ready to seize that promise for its own future. Myanmar needs to break away from a legacy of policies that have held back, rather than stimulated, its farmers? potential. A mind-set change is needed to step out of the business-as-usual approach that focused on supply-led, yield increases and domestic food self-sufficiency. Agriculture policy needs to shift to an innovative vision that centers on a demand-led approach driven by domestic consumers and foreign markets with increased productivity throughout the sector. To succeed in practice, narrow silos of thinking and communication among the government, the private sector, and civil society should be broken down to encourage more harmonious and coordinated efforts. This new Vision is inherent in the title of this White Paper ? moving from rice bowl to a food basket for Myanmar and increasingly to the rest of Asia (and the world). The aim is to improve the incomes and livelihoods of rural communities while increasing the availability of more stable, diversified, and nutritious diets to consumers. This objective can be achieved by empowering smallholder farmers, equipping them with knowledge and technical inputs, and connecting them to urban and global markets. vi In place of a government-driven focus on crop production targets, the paper offers a concrete and systematic strategy for how Myanmar can modernize its agricultural and food sector. The strategy embraces market-oriented, private sector-led investment, innovation, and dynamism that is centered on small farmers throughout the country. It requires forward-looking and efficient government policies and institutional support with greater interaction among key stakeholders characterized by full transparency and accountability..."
Source/publisher: National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NESAC)
Date of publication: 2016-04-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-26
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Title: James E. Hansen
Description/subject: Home | Communications | Presentations | Photos, Video & Audio | Scholarly Publications | Other Publications | CV | Blog
Dr. James E. Hansen
Source/publisher: Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program Earth Institute Columbia University
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 °C global warming could be dangerous
Description/subject: Abstract. "We use numerical climate simulations, paleoclimate data, and modern observations to study the effect of growing ice melt from Antarctica and Greenland. Meltwater tends to stabilize the ocean column, inducing amplifying feedbacks that increase subsurface ocean warming and ice shelf melting. Cold meltwater and induced dynamical effects cause ocean surface cooling in the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic, thus increasing Earth?s energy imbalance and heat flux into most of the global ocean?s surface. Southern Ocean surface cooling, while lower latitudes are warming, increases precipitation on the Southern Ocean, increasing ocean stratification, slowing deepwater formation, and increasing ice sheet mass loss. These feedbacks make ice sheets in contact with the ocean vulnerable to accelerating disintegration. We hypothesize that ice mass loss from the most vulnerable ice, sufficient to raise sea level several meters, is better approximated as exponential than by a more linear response. Doubling times of 10, 20 or 40 years yield multi-meter sea level rise in about 50, 100 or 200 years. Recent ice melt doubling times are near the lower end of the 10?40-year range, but the record is too short to confirm the nature of the response. The feedbacks, including subsurface ocean warming, help explain paleoclimate data and point to a dominant Southern Ocean role in controlling atmospheric CO2, which in turn exercised tight control on global temperature and sea level. The millennial (500?2000-year) timescale of deep-ocean ventilation affects the timescale for natural CO2 change and thus the timescale for paleo-global climate, ice sheet, and sea level changes, but this paleo-millennial timescale should not be misinterpreted as the timescale for ice sheet response to a rapid, large, human-made climate forcing. These climate feedbacks aid interpretation of events late in the prior interglacial, when sea level rose to +6?9 m with evidence of extreme storms while Earth was less than 1 °C warmer than today. Ice melt cooling of the North Atlantic and Southern oceans increases atmospheric temperature gradients, eddy kinetic energy and baroclinicity, thus driving more powerful storms. The modeling, paleoclimate evidence, and ongoing observations together imply that 2 °C global warming above the preindustrial level could be dangerous. Continued high fossil fuel emissions this century are predicted to yield (1) cooling of the Southern Ocean, especially in the Western Hemisphere; (2) slowing of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation, warming of the ice shelves, and growing ice sheet mass loss; (3) slowdown and eventual shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation with cooling of the North Atlantic region; (4) increasingly powerful storms; and (5) nonlinearly growing sea level rise, reaching several meters over a timescale of 50?150 years. These predictions, especially the cooling in the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic with markedly reduced warming or even cooling in Europe, differ fundamentally from existing climate change assessments. We discuss observations and modeling studies needed to refute or clarify these assertions"...... James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Paul Hearty, Reto Ruedy, Maxwell Kelley, Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Gary Russell, George Tselioudis, Junji Cao, Eric Rignot, Isabella Velicogna, Blair Tormey, Bailey Donovan, Evgeniya Kandiano, Karina von Schuckmann, Pushker Kharecha, Allegra N. Legrande, Michael Bau, and Kwok-Wai Lo
James Hansen et al
Source/publisher: "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics"
Date of publication: 2016-03-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-25
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Preliminary response by Myanmar to the draft report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the ?Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar”
Description/subject: Human Rights Council - Thirty-second session Agenda item 2... Preliminary response by Myanmar to the draft report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the ?Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar” to the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council....."The Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva presents its compliments to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and has the honour to attach hereto the preliminary response from Myanmar regarding the High Commissioner?s report on the ?Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar” to the 32nd session of the Human Right Council. In this context, the Permanent Mission has further the honour to request that the present note verbal and the annex thereto* may kindly be circulated as a document of the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 2. "
Source/publisher: Government of Mysanmar via Human Rights Council (A /HRC/32/G/9) - Advance Unedited Version
Date of publication: 2016-06-20
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-22
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar
Description/subject: Human Rights Council Thirty-second session Agenda item 2... Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General..... Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights....."The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 29/21, examines the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. It analyzes patterns of human rights violations and abuses, particularly discrimination, and concludes with recommendations on measures to be taken by the Government to improve the situation of minorities in Myanmar."
Source/publisher: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/32/18) - Advance Unedited Version
Date of publication: 2016-06-20
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-22
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Network Myanmar (Archive)
Description/subject: This is the archived version of an important and well-organised website on Burma/Myanmar which ran from 2007 to April 2016 when it was archived.....Notice to Readers: "As foreshadowed last September, the Network Myanmar website has now been archived. The website will however remain live in its present form for several weeks while longer-term arrangements are made for its preservation online and/or in digital form as a research resource for general use and as a record of events relating to Myanmar?s First Parliament of the 21st Century, whose term was from 30 March 2011 to 30 March 2016.... A valedictory message is attached at this link (See Alternate URL).... Derek Tonkin... Editor... 10 April 2016...... Home... Armed Forces... Business and Investment... Culture, Media, Society... Economy... Ethnic Issues... Human Rights... Kachin State Conflict... Nuclear and Defence... Opinion and Comment... Political Database... Rohingya/Muslim issues... Sanctions... Travel and Tourism..... The Mujahid Revolt 1952... International Crisis Group... Google Map of Yangon ... Myanmar CSO Statistics... Investment Statistics... US Treasury Regulations.
Source/publisher: Network Myanmar via Archive.org
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-17
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: How powerless are Myanmar?s military legislators?
Description/subject: "...Notwithstanding the recent consolidation of the military bloc, a series of bold moves by the NLD under its leader, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, have highlighted a reality often overlooked. Despite their automatic seat allocation, military representatives cannot block ordinary legislation. While the military contingent holds a constitutional veto by virtue of the 75% "supermajority" required for any charter amendments, it does not hold a blanket legislative veto. All other bills only require a simple majority vote. In effect, with the majority gained from its resounding victory in the 2015 polls, the NLD can ram through legislation, as long as the new laws do not alter constitutional rule. Likewise, proposals drafted by military members of parliament can only be adopted with the NLD?s approval..."
Source/publisher: Nikkei Asian Review
Date of publication: 2016-06-05
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-07
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: WE WANT GENUINE PEACE - Voices of communities from Myanmar?s ceasefire areas, 2015
Description/subject: "...Since 2011, the Myanmar Government has embarked on a peace process that seeks to put an end to one of the world?s longest and most protracted civil wars. The complexity of the more than six-decades of conflict is rooted mainly in the multiplicity of actors involved; the Myanmar conflict involves fighting between the Myanmar Government?s armed forces, domestically known as the Tatmadaw, and over fifteen active non-state armed groups (NSAGs), fighting in different locations all over the country. Forming the bedrock of the peace process are the bilateral agreements signed between the Myanmar government and fifteen NSAGs (see Annex 1). The peace process has to address several long-standing issues. Apart from institutionalising deep-seated resentments and mistrust, various counterinsurgency strategies employed in the different ethnic states that aimed at cutting off communication and trade between the NSAGs and civilian communities have effectively stunted economic and social development in most ethnic states. This has left behind a legacy of severe poverty and lack of communication and transportation infrastructure that remains a pressing problem today. In the midst of all these challenges are the communities living in the areas of the frontlines of battles. These populations are amongst the most affected by the ongoing conflict; they are also the first to feel and notice the effects of the various bilateral ceasefire agreements at the local level. The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) recognises the importance of accessing the voices of these communities to learn about how they have been affected, not only by the ongoing conflict but also by the ongoing peace process. Listening to the diverse voices of these communities and considering their experiences in the Myanmar peace process is crucial to finding solutions to address the long-standing problems that are at the heart of the violent conflicts. These voices also provide feedback to the negotiating parties on the positive and negative effects that the ongoing peace process is having on communities..."
Source/publisher: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS)
Date of publication: 2016-02-26
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-06
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: The 2015 General Election in Myanmar: What Now for Ethnic Politics? (English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Description/subject: Key Points: "• The victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 2015 elections was a resounding mandate for democratic change after decades of military-dominated government. • The scale of the victory in ethnic nationality communities across the country highlighted the hopes of all Myanmar?s peoples for the NLD to help achieve a new era of peace and democracy. Both domestic and international expectations are now high, and the incoming government will enjoy initial goodwill. • Formidable challenges remain in key aspects of social and political life. These include transition from military-backed government, political reform and the agreement of a nationwide ceasefire that includes all groups and regions of the country. • Despite the NLD?s success, concerns remain among different nationalities that, unless the NLD pioneers a political breakthrough, conflict and the marginalisation of minority peoples will continue. The perception is widespread that the present structures of national politics and Myanmar?s ?first-past-the-post” electoral system do not guarantee the equitable representation of all nationality groups. • In the coming months, the successful transition to a new era of democratic governance and the agreement of an inclusive nationwide ceasefire could provide the best opportunity for ethnic peace and deep-rooted reform in many decades. It is vital that the different sides work cooperatively together rather than seek self- advantage. "
Source/publisher: Transnational Institute (TNI) - Myanmar Policy Briefing, December 2015
Date of publication: 2015-12-21
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-04
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Burma/Myanmar?s Parliament - legislation, commentary etc.
Description/subject: Link to an OBL section on Burma?s legislature
Source/publisher: Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Date of entry/update: 2016-06-04
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Myanmar Economic Monitor 2016 (English)
Description/subject: Abstract: "After two years of strong economic growth and macroeconomic stability, Myanmar faced a more difficult economic environment in 2015-2016. In 2015-2016, economic growth in Myanmar eased to 7 percent amid a supply shock from heavy flooding, a slowdown in new investment flows during an election year, and a more challenging external environment including lower commodity prices affecting Myanmar?s main exports. The May 2016 edition of the MEM takes stock of recent economic developments, policy challenges, economic prospects, and upcoming policy priorities. Economic growth in 2016-2017 is expected to pick up, with a premium on sound macroeconomic policies and continued structural reforms.".....Keywords: tax incentives, auction, monetary policy, withdrawal, holding, equipment, checks, accounting, deposits, local economy, market mechanisms, interest, public investments
Rab, Habib Nasser; Drees-Gross, Alexandra L.; Ariyapruchya, Kiatipong; Zin, May Thet; Zorya, Sergiy; Chavapricha
Source/publisher: World Bank
Date of publication: 2016-05-24
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-31
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Burma: Proposed Assembly Law Falls Short - Remove Criminal Punishment, Overbroad Speech Restrictions
Description/subject: " Burma?s parliament should amend a proposed law on public protest to better protect rights to peaceful assembly and free expression, Human Rights Watch said today. The Peaceful Processions and Peaceful Assembly Act improves upon existing Burmese law, but retains criminal penalties and contains overly broad and vague restrictions on speech contrary to international standards..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Watch
Date of publication: 2016-05-27
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-28
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Water Woes Put a Damper on Myanmar?s Surging Economy
Description/subject: "The central plains of Myanmar, bordered by mountains on the west and east, include the only semi-arid region in South East Asia ? the Dry Zone, home to some 10 million people. This 13 percent of Myanmar?s territory sums up the challenges that the country faces with respect to water security: an uneven geographical and seasonal distribution of this natural resource, the increasing unpredictability of rain patterns due to climate change, and a lack of water management strategies to cope with extreme weather conditions. Using water resources more wisely is critical, according to NGOs and institutional actors like the Global Water Partnership, which organized a high-level roundtable on water security issues in Yangon on May 24. UN data shows that only about five percent of the country?s potential water resources are being utilised, mostly by the agricultural sector. At the same time, growing urbanisation and the integration of Myanmar into the global economy after five decades of military dictatorship are enhancing demand..."
Sara Perria
Source/publisher: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Date of publication: 2016-05-25
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-26
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: ?After release I had to restart my life from the beginning” - The Experiences of Ex-political Prisoners in Burma and Challenges to Reintegration
Description/subject: Executive Summary: "Since 1962, between 7,000 and 10,000 political prisoners have been imprisoned in Burma. Whilst a multitude of anecdotal records exist, there is very little comprehensive data concerning the torture and mistreatment experienced by political prisoners within Burma?s interrogation centers and jails. Nor is there comprehensive data on the challenges political prisoners face upon release. Between January 2014 and July 2015, AAPP and FPPS collected data on the experiences of ex-PPs by surveying ex-PPs throughout Burma and along the Thailand-Burma border. The findings of data collected on 1,621 ex-PPs inform this report, which seeks to reveal the widespread mistreatment of, and systematic use of torture against political prisoners in Burma, and makes a case for reparations for ex-PPs as part of transitional justice. In 2005 AAPP released The Darkness We See: Torture in Burma?s Interrogation Centers and Prisons, a report detailing torture and ill-treatment inflicted on political prisoners in interrogation centers and prisons based on interviews with 35 ex-PPs. The 2005 report made a number of recommendations to the then military government regarding the imprisonment and mistreatment of political prisoners, however these were largely ignored. Rather than rectifying the mistakes of the previous military regimes, President Thein Sein?s government continued to imprison and mistreat those who sought to defend their civil and political liberties. In fact in early 2015, the United Nations (?UN”) High Commissioner for Human Rights observed that although Burma had promised to end the era of political prisoners, it ?now seems intent on creating a new generation by jailing people who seek to enjoy the democratic freedoms that have been promised.” Thus the ex-PP population in Burma continued to grow. Since the NLD-led government assumed power following their landslide win in the November 2015 general elections, a number of political prisoners have been released. A new dawn of a Burma free from political prisoners finally seems within reach, and it is hoped that the new government will oversee the release of all remaining political prisoners in the near future. In light of the recent wave of political prisoner releases, and given the reintegration issues faced by ex-PPs post-release, this report by AAPP and FPPS and its recommendations comes at a pertinent and crucial time..... Chapter 1 (Overview of the Political Prisoner Situation) provides an overview of the political prisoner situation in Burma from the 1962 military takeover to the post-2011 quasi-civilian Burma Government ruled by President Thein Sein, during which time civil and political rights were routinely quashed and those attempting to exercise their fundamental freedoms were systematically imprisoned..... Chapter 2 (Methodology) outlines the objective, scope and methodology of the report. The primary objective was to examine the life experiences of ex-PPs in Burma, including the human rights violations encountered following arrest, during interrogation and in prison, and the difficulties faced since their release. The research, carried out between January 2014 and July 2015, involved surveying and interviewing ex-PPs throughout Burma and along the Thailand-Burma border. The final research yielded 1,621 surveys and six comprehensive interviews, the findings of which inform this report..... Chapter 3 (Abuse of the Judicial System) reveals how the judicial system in Burma, characterized by institutionalized corruption, inefficiency and military influence, allowed previous governments to criminalize and impede the activities undertaken by those that have sought to protect their civil and political rights. Based on the findings from the data, this chapter describes the circumstances under which the ex-PPs were arrested and imprisoned, highlighting the way in which the authorities have abused the judicial system in Burma in order to silence political dissidents..... Chapter 4 (Torture in Interrogation Centers and Prisons) describes how, despite the legal framework prohibiting torture of prisoners, political prisoners have been subject to torture in Burma?s interrogation centers and prisons, not only to extract confessions and information, but also to punish, degrade and humiliate. The data provides strong evidence as to the widespread and systematic manner in which torture has been employed in Burma against activists..... Chapter 5 (Mistreatment in Prison) reveals the illtreatment endured by political prisoners in Burma?s prisons, where detainees are frequently denied their basic rights. The prison authorities systematically mistreat and dehumanize political prisoners, violating not only international standards for prisoners but also Burma?s own standards set out in domestic law. Squalid prison conditions, a basic lack of hygiene, inadequate provisions of food and water, and poor levels of healthcare are major causes of a myriad of physical and psychological illnesses amongst detainees..... Chapter 6 (Barriers to Reintegration) depicts the grim reality political prisoners are forced to live in post-release. The multitude of restrictions ex-PPs face, in addition to the lingering effects of imprisonment, and social stigmatization, pose major barriers to successful reintegration. Ex-PPs in Burma face a series of limitations including travel restrictions; denial of education and employment opportunities; financial hardships; social exclusion; family tensions and ongoing health issues..... Chapter 7 (Reparations) makes the case for reparations for ex-PPs as part of transitional justice in Burma, outlining Burma?s legal obligations to provide reparations under international law. While civil society organizations have been providing services to ex-PPs in the absence of government led initiatives, it remains the responsibility of the Burma Government to provide such support as part of wider reparations. Government-led reparations for ex-PPs in other countries are examined, along with their relevance to Burma..... Chapter 8 (Conclusion) concludes that even after political prisoners have been released in Burma, their hardships are far from over, and the road to reintegration is made almost impossible by a number of stringent restrictions placed upon them by the authorities, and the lingering effects of their harsh imprisonment. Thus, it is crucial that assistance is made available to them to ensure successful reintegration and national reconciliation..... Chapter 9 (Recommendations) makes a number of key policy recommendations to the new Burma Government in terms of providing reparations to ex-PPs and their families as part of transitional justice. Based on the research, these recommendations encompass satisfaction, restitution, rehabilitation, compensation, and guarantees of nonrepetition, which if implemented will bring about positive change for ex-PPs and prove the government?s commitment to producing national reconciliation. Recommendations are also made to political parties and civil society groups in Burma, and to the international community, to urge the Burma Government to implement the recommendations and to assist ex-PPs and their families where possible in the interim."
Source/publisher: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPPB); Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS)
Date of publication: 2016-05-25
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-26
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Myanmar parliament withdraws state protection law
Description/subject: NAY PYI TAW, May 24 (Xinhua) -- "Both houses of Myanmar?s parliament have approved without objection a bill revoking the Law to Safeguard the State against the Dangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts which was enacted over four decades ago. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Lower House) U Win Myint announced on Tuesday that since agreed by both houses without amendment, the Union Parliament is to honor the adoption in accordance with the constitution. The bill was first submitted to the Lower House for debate earlier this month and then transferred to the House of Nationalities (Upper House)..."
Source/publisher: Xinhua
Date of publication: 2016-05-24
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-25
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Language: English
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Title: Heating up and cutting out
Description/subject: "If the new government is to succeed in addressing runaway electricity demand, it needs to draw lessons from the failures of the last administration. In case we had forgotten the challenges Myanmar is facing in meeting electricity demand, the past few weeks have provided a timely reminder. Weeks of regular blackouts at the height of summer have made life uncomfortable for millions. The new government has not helped the situation. Its communication on power supply has been non-existent; reading the state newspapers you could be forgiven for thinking nothing was amiss. Instead, electricity users have been told repeatedly through Facebook that the outages are due to system failures. It may be the weather, creaking infrastructure or simply an inability to meet demand, but we?ve been left in the dark. A government that came to office promising accountability and transparency has failed to uphold these same standards. But, as we explore elsewhere in this issue, those with a power supply ? working or not ? should count themselves lucky..."
Editorial
Source/publisher: Frontier Myanmar
Date of publication: 2016-05-12
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-20
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Shweone (Online Books in Burmese)
Description/subject: Online books by: A Shin San Dar Di Ka ... Aung Linn ... Aung Thein ... ကဗျာများ ... ကာတွန်းများ ... ကိုကို (စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်) ... ကိုစစ ... ကိုတာ ... ကိုပိုက် ... ကိုရွှေတောသား ... ကံချွန် ... ကျန်းမာရေး ... A Shin San Dar Di Ka ... Aung Linn ... Aung Thein ... ကဗျာများ ... ကာတွန်းများ ... ကိုကို (စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်) ... ကိုစစ ... ကိုတာ ... ကိုပိုက် ... ကိုရွှေတောသား ... ကံချွန် ... ကျန်းမာရေး ... ကျားပေါက် ... ကျွန်း ... ခင်ခင်ထူး ... ခင်စောတင့် ... ခင်ဆွေဦး ... ခင်မောင်ညို ... ခင်နှင်းယု ... ဂျာနယ်ကျော်မမလေး ... ဂျိုဇော် ... ဂျူးလိယက် ဖူးချစ် ... စကားပြော ... စန်းဦး ... စီးပွားရေး ၊ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု ... ဇဝန ... ညီသစ် ... ညီသုတ ... တက်တိုး ... တက္ကသိုလ် စိုးမိုးနိုင် ... တက္ကသိုလ် ဘုန်းနိုင် ... တာရာမင်းေ၀ ... ထင်လင်း ... ဒဂုန်ခင်ခင်လေး ... ဒဂုန်တာရာ ... နည်းပညာစာအုပ်များ ... နန္ဒာသိန်းဇံ ... ပန်းချီဆိုင်ရာစာအုပ်များ ... ပီမိုးနင်း ... ပုညခင် ... ဗန်းမော်တင်အောင် ... ဘာသာစကားပြောစာအုပ်များ ... မင်းခိုက်စိုးစန် ... မင်းလူ ... မင်းသိင်္ခ ... မဟာဆွေ ... မိုးေ၀ ... မိုးငြိမ်းဧ ... လမင်းမိုမို ... လယ်တွင်းသား စောချစ် ... လူထုဦးလှ ... သုတေသီဘုန်းမြင့်သွေး ... ဟင်းချက်နည်းအမျိုးမျိုး ... အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိစာအုပ်များ ... အရှင် တေဇောသာရ၊ အရှင် ရက္ခိတ ... အသစ် ... အိုင်တီ နည်းပညာ စာအုပ်များ ... အီကြာကွေး ... အကြည်တော် ... ဦးပြုံးချို ... ဦးနု ... ကောင်းထက် ... ကျော်ထူး ... ကျော်အောင် ... ကျော်မြသန်း ... ကျော်ဝင်း ... ဆောင်းပါးများ ... ဆောင်းဝင်းလတ် ... ဇော်ဂျီ ... ဇော်ဇော်အောင် ... ဌေးမောင် ... ဒေါက်တာမတင်ဝင်း ... ဖေမြင့် ... ရွှေဥဒေါင်း ... အောင်ခန့် ... အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ... အောင်သင်း ... အောင်ဝင်း ... ဝေမှူးသွင် ... ဖြိုးသာရ ... မြတ်ငြိမ်း ... ဝိဇ္ဖာ၊ဂမ္ဘီရ စာအုပ်များ ... ကြည်အေး ... ကြပ်ကလေး ... ကြူမွှေး ... နိုင်ငံရေးစာအုပ်များ ... နုနုရည်အင်း၀ ... Bo Gyoke Aung San ... Buddha Books ... Chit Naing (Seit Pin Nyar) ... Chit Nge ... Chit Oo Nyo ... Chit San Win ... Dagon Shwe Myar ... Dhamma ... Doctor Aung Khin Sint ... Doctor Aung Kyaw ... Doctor Than Htun ... Doctor Thiha ... Juu ... Kyaw Hlaing Oo ... Kyaw Nyein ... Kyi Kyi Mar ... Kyi Thar ... Linn Wai Myaing ... Lu Du Daw A Mar ... Lun Htar Htar ... Luu Du Sein Win ... Ma San Dar ... Mann Tin ... Maung Aunt ... Maung Htin ... Maung Kaung Htike ... Maung Paw Htun ... Maung Suu San ... Min Kyaw ... Moe Moe Inn Lyar ... Moe Ni Lwin ... Mya Than Tint ... Myanmar Novels: Myint Than ... Naing Win Swe ... Nat Nwe ... Nay Win Myint ... Ni Ko Ye? ... Nwan Jar Tine ... Nyein Aye Eain ... Nyi Pu Lay ... Others ... Par Ra Gu ... Pho Kyawt ... Pho Wa Maung Pu Nya Khin ... San Lwin ... San Zar Ni Bo ... Shar ... Soe Myat Thu Zar ... Suu Ngat ... Swe Min (Da Nu Phyu) ... Swe Swe Aung ... Teit Pan Maung Wa ... Than Myint Aung ... Than Swe ... Thaw Tar Swe ... Thein Phay Myint ... Thu Maung ... Thu Thu Ka ... Tike Soe ... Tit Sar Ni ... U Ba Than ... U Hla Win ... U Htun La ... U Shwe Aung ... U Than ... Win Nyein ... Win Oo ... Win Thein Oo ... Win Win Myint ... Ya Wai Nwe (Inn Ma) ... Yangon Ba Swe ... Ye Sa Tine ... Zin Aye ... Zin Thant ... ကျားပေါက် ... ကျွန်း ... ခင်ခင်ထူး ... ခင်စောတင့် ... ခင်ဆွေဦး ... ခင်မောင်ညို ... ခင်နှင်းယု ... ဂျာနယ်ကျော်မမလေး ... ဂျိုဇော် ... ဂျူးလိယက် ဖူးချစ် ... စကားပြော စန်းဦး စီးပွားရေး ၊ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု ဇဝန ညီသစ် ညီသုတ (Updated : 24.4.2013) တက်တိုး တက္ကသိုလ် စိုးမိုးနိုင် တက္ကသိုလ် ဘုန်းနိုင် တာရာမင်းဝေ ထင်လင်း ဒဂုန်ခင်ခင်လေး ဒဂုန်တာရာ နည်းပညာစာအုပ်များ နန္ဒာသိန်းဇံ ပန်းချီဆိုင်ရာစာအုပ်များ ပီမိုးနင်း ပုညခင် ဗန်းမော်တင်အောင် ဘာသာစကားပြောစာအုပ်များ မင်းခိုက်စိုးစန် (Updated : 24.4.2013) မင်းလူ (Updated : 24.4.2013) မင်းသိင်္ခ (Updated : 24.4.2013) မဟာဆွေ မိုးဝေ မိုးငြိမ်းဧ လမင်းမိုမို လယ်တွင်းသား စောချစ် (Updated : 25.4.2013) လူထုဦးလှ သုတေသီဘုန်းမြင့်သွေး ဟင်းချက်နည်းအမျိုးမျိုး အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိစာအုပ်များ အရှင် တေဇောသာရ၊ အရှင် ရက္ခိတ အသစ် အိုင်တီ နည်းပညာ စာအုပ်များ အီကြာကွေး အကြည်တော် ဦးပြုံးချို ဦးနု ကောင်းထက် ကျော်ထူး ကျော်အောင် ကျော်မြသန်း ကျော်ဝင်း ဆောင်းပါးများ ဆောင်းဝင်းလတ် ဇော်ဂျီ ဇော်ဇော်အောင် ဌေးမောင် ဒေါက်တာမတင်ဝင်း ဖေမြင့် ရွှေဥဒေါင်း (Update : 25.4.2013) အောင်ခန့် အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် အောင်သင်း အောင်ဝင်း ဝေမှူးသွင် (Updated : 26.4.2013) ဖြိုးသာရ မြတ်ငြိမ်း ဝိဇ္ဖာ၊ဂမ္ဘီရ စာအုပ်များ ကြည်အေး ကြပ်ကလေး ကြူေ
Source/publisher: Shweone
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-15
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Title: Open letter on amending the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act
Description/subject: "In this open letter Amnesty International welcomes efforts by Myanmar Parliament to review the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act but expresses concern that proposed amendments fall far short of bringing the Act into line with international human rights law and standards."
Source/publisher: Amnesty International (ASA 16/4024/2016)
Date of publication: 2016-05-12
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-13
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Asian Legal Information Institute - Myanmar/Burma
Description/subject: Databases of full texts of Burmese laws. Some sections complete, others still under construction. Useful lists of laws e.g. alphabetical and chronological listing of laws in the Burma Code.Useful introduction at the Alternate Link.
Source/publisher: Asian Legal Information Institute
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-13
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee (English)
Description/subject: The Annex contains an important list of "SELECTED LEGISLATION IN NEED OF REFORM IN MYANMAR"..... Introduction: "1. The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/23, covers human rights developments in Myanmar since the reports of the Special Rapporteur to the Council in March 2015 (A/HRC/28/72) and to the General Assembly in October 2015 (A/70/412). Building on these and other past reports, it identifies key priority areas for the new Government in order to address prevailing human rig hts concerns. 2. Four years of wide-ranging reforms have brought fundamental changes to Myanmar. Thousands of political prisoners were released, num erous laws were adopted or reformed, and significant steps were taken towards greater media freedom and government transparency. The general elections on November 2015 were positively assessed by national and international observers (despite some irregularities and pre-election concerns) and saw the National League for Democracy (NLD) win an absolute majority. 3. The new Government will now face formidable human rights challenges. The transition period following the elections has been smooth and peaceful but also one of great uncertainty. Allegations of human rights violations continue to be reported, including arrests and prosecutions of civil society actors for peaceful a nd democratic activities. At this important juncture, the new Government should not only furthe r the reforms initiated by outgoing President Thein Sein but also create an environment in which communities, civil society actors and human rights defenders can speak out and peacef ully protest without fear of reprisal. The international community should remain engaged and s upport Myanmar in furthering reforms and in fulfilling its international human rights obligations...".....This version, the Advance Edited Version of 18 March 2016, updates the Advance Unedited Version dated 8 March 2016.
Yanghee Lee
Source/publisher: UN Human Rights Council (A/HRC/31/71) - Advance Edited Version
Date of publication: 2016-03-18
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-13
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: HRW Letter to President U Htin Kyaw Re: Human Rights Priorities for the New Government (English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Description/subject: "Human Rights Priorities for the New Myanmar Government: 1. Release All Political Prisoners ...2. Reform Laws that Violate Basic Rights: *Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act, Article 4; *Penal Code, Section 124(a) (sedition); *Telecommunications Act, section 66(d); *News Media Law, Section 9; *Electronic Transactions Act, Section 33; *Contempt of Courts Act; *Official Secrets Act 1923, Section 3; *Printing and Publishing Enterprise Law, Article 8; *Emergency Provisions Act 1950, and the *State Protection Act 1975; *Unlawful Associations Act 1908. ...3. Protect and Facilitate the Work of Civil Society Organizations...4. Reform National Human Rights Commission...5. Invite the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to Open an Office with a Full Mandate and Adequate Staff...6. Protect and Promote Women?s Rights...7. Protect and Promote Land Rights...8. Protect and Promote the Right to Health...9. End Persecution of Rohingya and Other Muslims...10. Amend Myanmar?s 1982 Citizenship Law...11. Press the Military to End Human Rights Violations in Conflict Areas...12. End All Recruitment and Use of Children as Soldiers...13. Accountability for Past and Ongoing Abuses...14. Constitutional Reform: *Section 6(f); *Section 20; *Section 59(f);*Section 232(b) [ii, ii]; *Chapter 7; *Chapter 8; *Section 436."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Watch
Date of publication: 2016-05-04
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-05
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: COAL BURNS BURMA: A COMPENDIUM ON DIRTY ENERGY - POWER PLANTS AND MINING
Description/subject: Contents: Introduction... Coal Mining in Burma... Coal Mines... Pending Coal Mining Projects... Coal Fired Power Plants... Coal Fired Power Plants in Operation... Pending Coal Fired Power Plants... Opposition to Coal in Burma... List of NGOs Against Coal in Burma... Links to Articles/Reports About Combined Coal Mines + Coal... Fired Power Plants... Links to Articles/Reports About Coal Mines... Links to Articles/Reports About Coal Fired Power Plants......Introduction: "In recent years, as Burma (Myanmar) has moved toward democracy a particular four letter word has repeatedly made an appearance in news stories on the country?s commerce and environment: coal. Lignite coal (soft, highly polluting) is one of a vast array of minerals, from platinum to tin, mined in Burma. Two coal-fired power plants have been established in Burma, and many more are in the works, even as much of the rest of the world (including neighboring China) seeks to close down coal powered facilities and switch to better energy sources. Severe effects on the health and environment of communities near the Tigyit mine and power plant in Shan State and the Ban Chaung mine in southern Burma have been documented. There is very strong local opposition to the coal projects proposed in several regions. During the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, Burma was portrayed as innocent of contributing to Global Warming through emission of greenhouse gasses. There are relatively few petrol-using vehicles and little need to heat buildings. But Burma?s rampant deforestation (the 3rd highest rate in the world, according to the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment) constantly decreases the country?s role as beneficial forested "carbon sink." And a turn to coal fired power plants will drastically change the country?s climate impact for the worse. This is particularly unfortunate when Burma has been identified as one of the nations most affected by Climate Change. According to Greenpeace, "Coal fired power plants are the biggest source of man made CO2 emissions. This makes coal energy the single greatest threat facing our climate." In 2015 the think tank Germanwatch ranked Burma second on its Global Climate Risk list due to extreme weather events from 1994 to 2013. Burma?s vulnerabilities include disastrous floods and cyclones as well as fragile habitats, agriculture and watersheds. Respected weather expert Dr. Tun Lwin has warned against coal-fired power plants as a potential contributor to severe climate effects in Burma. This compendium includes links to news articles and reports in English from 2010 to March 2016 regarding coal mining and coal fired power plants in Burma. Links are also provided to some of the organizations opposing coal in Burma. Brief introductions about coal mining and coal fired power plants in Burma are provided, with lists of operating and pending coal projects. This material is intended as a convenient public resource for NGOs, INGOs, journalists and other researchers interested in Burma?s environmental issues, energy sector and mining sector. Project Maje is not responsible for the content of any of the news articles and opinions cited in this report and does not vouch for the accuracy of any of them. Journalists and other researchers needing further information and advice regarding Burma?s environmental issues can contact Project Maje."
Source/publisher: Project Maje
Date of publication: 2016-02-29
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-05
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: ?Slash and burn” works, given time and space
Description/subject: "If managed well, swidden farming in Borneo can provide vital ecosystem services and protect biodiversity, study (see alternate URL) says....It?s long been stigmatized, blamed for destroying forests and releasing greenhouse gases. But, when done properly, shifting cultivation can create natural ecosystems with high biodiversity, rich carbon stocks and low soil erosion. The catch? It needs to be practiced over a large area to allow different plots of land to go through the cycle from crop to fallow, to young forest, to secondary forest. And it takes time. This is what researchers discovered in a recent study that compared the level of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the traditional forest?swidden agriculture system of Northern Borneo with other land uses, such as natural forest and monoculture plantations..."
Source/publisher: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Date of publication: 2016-02-17
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-05
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in a Rapidly Transforming Landscape in Northern Borneo
Description/subject: Abstract: "Because industrial agriculture keeps expanding in Southeast Asia at the expense of natural forests and traditional swidden systems, comparing biodiversity and ecosystem services in the traditional forest?swidden agriculture system vs. monocultures is needed to guide decision making on land-use planning. Focusing on tree diversity, soil erosion control, and climate change mitigation through carbon storage, we surveyed vegetation and monitored soil loss in various land-use areas in a northern Bornean agricultural landscape shaped by swidden agriculture, rubber tapping, and logging, where various levels and types of disturbance have created a fine mosaic of vegetation from food crop fields to natural forest. Tree species diversity and ecosystem service production were highest in natural forests. Logged-over forests produced services similar to those of natural forests. Land uses related to the swidden agriculture system largely outperformed oil palm or rubber monocultures in terms of tree species diversity and service production. Natural and logged-over forests should be maintained or managed as integral parts of the swidden system, and landscape multifunc- tionality should be sustained. Because natural forests host a unique diversity of trees and produce high levels of ecosystem services, targeting carbon stock protection, e.g. through financial mechanisms such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), will synergistically provide benefits for biodiversity and a wide range of other services. However, the way such mechanisms could benefit communities must be carefully evaluated to counter the high opportunity cost of conversion to monocultures that might generate greater income, but would be detrimental to the production of multiple eco-system services"
Nicolas Labrière, Yves Laumonier, Bruno Locatelli, Ghislain Vieilledent, Marion Comptour
Source/publisher: PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140423 October 14, 2015
Date of publication: 2015-10-15
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-05
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Description/subject: Climate Change... Gender... Livelihoods... Forest Management... Food & Biodiversity... Forest Policy. Products & Trade Landscapes..... "The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit, scientific facility that conducts research on the most pressing challenges of forest and landscape management around the world. Using a global, multidisciplinary approach, we aim to improve human well-being, protect the environment, and increase equity. To do so, we help policymakers, practitioners and communities make decisions based on solid science about how they use and manage their forests and landscapes. CIFOR?s work is based on three pillars, all of which are essential for achieving our mission: Research for impact... Capacity development... Outreach and engagement..... CIFOR is proud to work with local and international partners. CIFOR is a member of the CGIAR Consortium and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry...."
Source/publisher: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-04
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar
Description/subject: Introduction... The Historical Contexts... Australian Ambassador to Myanmar... Working Under Military Authoritarian Rule... Myanmar in 2000: Ready Or Not For Change?... Engagement Versus Disengagement... Australia?s ?Limited Engagement? Initiatives... Encounters with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi... Bilateral Sanctions and Successful Alternative Approaches... Early Australian Public Diplomacy Possible in Myanmar... Reflections on Coming to Terms with Myanmar: Personally and as Convener, ANU Burma/Myanmar Update 2004?13... Image Section... Bibliography.
Trevor Wilson
Source/publisher: ANU Press
Date of publication: 2015-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-28
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Burmese classical poems
Description/subject: CONTENTS: Short Pipe - Mae Khwe... Lu-ga-lay - Author unknown... Mountains and Forests - Author unknown... The Month of Tabaung - Author unknown... The Golden-Yellow Padauk - U Kyaw... Carved Bullock-Cart - U Ya Kyaw... Song of the Forest - Princess Hlaing-Teik-Kaung-Tin... Sea Snails - U Kyin U... The Royal Kason - U Kyaw... Jasmine - U Ponnya... Deliverance Cannot Be Far Distant - Shin Maharattathara... Military March - U Kyin U... Forest Flowers - U Kyaw... Dearly Loved Son - Author unknown... Rain - Myavadiwungyi U Sa Take to Heart (A Father?s Admonition to Son) - Sahton Sayadaw Mya Man Setkya - U Ponnya... Present of a Cheroot - Mae Khwe... A Peasant - Wungyi Padethayaza... Paddy Planting Song - Author unknown... I Am Longing - Princess Hlaing Teik-Kaung-Tin... Love in Secret Encountered - Maung Thwa... I Would Smile - U Kyi... Noble Wisdom - Chaturinga Bala and Nemyo Min Tin Kyaw Khaung... Donations (Dana) - Shin Tezothara... Remorse - U Khaing... Painful As It Is - U Kyaw Thamee No Cooling of Anguish - U Kyaw Thamee... The Nature of Things (Release from Anger) - Anantasuriya.
Lustig, Friedrich V. - editor, translator
Source/publisher: Rangoon Gazette Limited VIA
Date of publication: 1965-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-24
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Google site-specific search for UNFC on burmanet
Description/subject: 658 results (April 2016)
Source/publisher: Burmanet via Google
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-22
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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