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  • Protection of Wildlife and Conservation of Natural Areas Law 1994

    The objectives of this Law, consisting of XII Chapters, are as follows: (a) to implement the Government policy for wildlife protection; (b) to implement the Government policy fo...

  • The Mangroves of Myanmar

    This journal report underlines the significant and ongoing decline of mangrove coverage, the importance to protect these ecosystems, and their roles for critically endangered sp...

  • Forests and forestry in Myanmar: an overview of forestry laws, policies, and strategies

    Myanmar possesses great variation in topography and climatic conditions, and six major forest types can be found in the country, ranging from mangrove forests in the coastal reg...

  • Myanmar's changing mangroves Implications for nature, people and climate

    Myanmar is home to globally significant mangrove forests, which support numerous endangered species, and are vital to local economies and society. However, these forests are un...

  • Mangrove status, its ecosystem, and climate change in Myanmar: A study in Ayeyarwaddy Delta Coastal Zone

    Myanmar is a country belonging mangrove and its ecosystem, a unique vegetative species with a high ecosystem services: much higher carbon sequestration than terrestrial forests ...

  • Biodiversity and Conservation of Protected Areas Law

    The draft law addresses the existing regulations pertaining to biodiversity and conservation of protected areas within the Union of Myanmar.

  • Threatened ecosystems of Myanmar:

    Myanmar's Red List of Ecosystems is a tool to understand our threats and plan for conservation and sustainable management. Forests constitute the dominant ecosystems in Myanmar,...

  • Over 380,000 acres of mangrove forests conserved in Rakhine State

    There are 381,036 acres of mangrove forest in Rakhine State, and six protected areas that cover 87,219 acres are state-owned.

  • Forestry in Myanmar 2020

    The Forest Department released 2020 report, consists various contents with up-to-date information about institutional structure, forest resources base, rules and law and etc.

  • Freedom in the World: Myanmar country report

    Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. This is Myanmar coun...

  • Freedom on the Net: Myanmar country report

    Internet access is improving in Myanmar, as more users go online via smart phones connected to newly available and fast 4G services, despite access being comparatively unafforda...

  • Acts of Defiance: How US traders are ignoring sanctions to import conflict teak from Myanmar

    Following the coup, natural resources provide a source of profit for the military, whereby the forests of Myanmar are defined by their monetary value and have been part of the m...

  • Defence lawyers’ toolkit for “false news” cases in Myanmar

    Hundreds of innocent journalists, human rights defenders, activists, Facebook users, protesters, and politicians have been arrested, charged, and sentenced under Myanmar’s “fals...

  • Country overview: Myanmar

    Dramatic changes took place in Myanmar beginning in 2011 that began a transition in this country from half a century of military rule to a hybrid system of government with compe...

  • Surviving Myanmar’s digital coup

    In the early hours of 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military launched a coup to depose the newly elected government. The military’s offline offensive was accompanied by a digital...

  • A Silent Sangha? Buddhist Monks in Post-coup Myanmar

    The Myanmar Sangha – the country’s community of Buddhist monks and nuns – has played a mostly marginal role in the anti-regime resistance following the military’s February 2021 ...

  • Myanmar: The State of Internet Censorship.

    Myanmar today is among one of the most censored countries in the world. The country is ranked 17 out of 100 on internet freedom with a score of 9 out of 100 on the Global Freedo...

  • Non-authoritative Myanmar [township/district/state-region] administrative boundaries based on OpenStreetMap geometry

    Non-authoritative Myanmar [township/district/state-region] administrative boundary dataset based on OpenStreetMap boundary data, fusioned with March 2020 shoreline data and GAD ...

  • Percentage of Poverty and Vulnerable Group in Myanmar 2020

    This data shows the percentage of poverty and vulnerable group in Myanmar 2020.

  • Myanmar Statistical Yearbook

    The Myanmar Statistical Year book provides an update compendium of statistics on demographic, socio-economic and environmental aspects of Myanmar. The statistics are compiled fr...