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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 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...

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

Most countries in Southeast Asia have not acceded to the international Refugee Convention. However, there is a lived practice of refugee protection in the region that is largely...

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...

The BTI is the result of the collaboration of nearly 300 country and regional experts. The Myanmar Country Report 2022 is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Inde...

Karen indigenous people have turned a war zone into a peace park, drawing on their culture and traditional knowledge to protect their ancestral lands in Karen State, Myanmar.

Community forestry, in which local people play a fundamental role in forest, and resources management through strengthening community land rights, developing local livelihood an...

Myanmar's military regime and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian nation, which is likely...

The nationally privatized Myanmar Forest Products and Timber Merchants Association (MFPTMA) released a statement claiming its timber trade is fully in compliance with legal and ...

The annual rate of deforestation in Myanmar was 1.2% for the period 1990-2015 (FAO, 2015) with rapid expansion of commercial agriculture, alongside legal and illegal logging, an...

News article stating: Plans for a controversial economic zone planned on the outskirts of Myitkyina has been suspended, civil society attendees told KNG after a meeting with sta...

The military regime is inviting bids to provide legal services to the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (KPSEZ) and deep-sea port project in western Rakhine State, a key strategic...

On January 14, the Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee (DSEZMC) announced it was cancelling contracts with the project’s contractor Italian-Thai Development Plc (IT...

Myanmar’s Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has hit yet another snag as the Myanmar government has terminated its agreement with a Thai construction company to build the US$8 bi...

The Myanmar government has terminated the involvement of a consortium led by a Thai construction company in the development of the long-delayed Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Muse economic zone, one of three Myanmar-China economic cooperation zones, will start an implementation after signing the framework agreement by China, said Deputy Minister Aung...

In order to renew the grant, Mandalay Industrial Zone voice admistration committee would provide One StopService to Mandalay Industrial Zone (1) to complete one year remained of...

There are 40 official Industrial Zones in Myanmar, and there are 27 (42) zones within the former capital city, Yangon. The government is trying their best to invite foreign comp...

This data mainly present the 20 industrial zones of Yangon region with the detail information.