Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Deep Sea port, Tanintharyi, Myanmar

The Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and deep-sea port, if realized, would be one of the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia. Since the beginning, the project has fueled massive concerns by many local communities as well as Myanmar and Thai civil society groups, who have documented the social and environmental impacts and implications of the mega-project in several reports (see “Voices from the Ground” by the Dawei Development Association (DDA) [2], and “Our lives not for sale” by the Tavoyan Women Union (TWU)[3]).