As temperatures rise, drought has taken hold in much of central Burma, with residents in several villages saying they fear for their health and livelihoods. (more…)

As a water shortage hits several townships in Burma’s commercial capital and farmers nationwide anxiously await the upcoming rainy season, environmentalists are calling for more government support in the fight against climate change in this country of 60 million people. (more…)

Myanmar will build the world third largest solar power plant in Minbu township of Magway Region with the assistance of Thai company, Green Earth Power (GEP), according to the Ministry of Electric Power. (more…)

More than 125,000 displaced Rohingya in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State are bracing for this year’s punishing monsoon rains.
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Drought has returned to Inle Lake, the famed tourist destination in Burma’s southern Shan State, affecting locals’ access to clean water and inhibiting transportation to tourist attractions surrounding the lake.
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The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is highlighting the lessons learned five years after cyclone Nargis wrecked havoc in Myanmar.
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Myanmar’s government has opened a long-awaited auction for 30 offshore oil and gas exploration blocks in its latest effort to attract foreign investment.
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Residents in the area surrounding the Latpadaung copper mine project held protests on April 5 and 6 as their demands have not been met yet.
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The Shan Sapawa Environmental Organization has accused Myanmar military forces of “stoking war” in Shan State by giving an ultimatum to the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) to clear troops from the banks of the Salween River to make way for a Chinese-backed mega dam. (more…)

While hundreds of farmers have received compensation for land taken from them for the controversial Letpadaung copper mine, many others are refusing to take the money.
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In recent years there have been few if any restrictions on timber exports from Myanmar, which remains one of the only countries in the world to permit hardwood logs to be exported and value-added elsewhere. This is about to change—a draft forestry law is currently being formulated by the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (MOECAF). On March 30, state-run media announced that as of April 1, 2014, raw, unprocessed logs will no longer be able to be exported from Myanmar. (more…)

The plan by Indonesian company Bukit Asam to invest in building a coal-fired electricity-generating station in Burma is the third by a foreign business to see coal as a potential quick-fix solution to the country’s woeful power shortage. (more…)

Indonesia’s state-controlled gold and nickel miner Aneka Tambang on Tuesday said it was seeking to mine for gold in Myanmar this year as soon as it secures a permit from the Burmese authorities.
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Hundreds of Chinese owned trucks laden with timber have crossed from Kachin state into China over the past few weeks. Timber being transported to China has increased during the recent lull in fighting between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burma army. (more…)

About 2,000 ethnic Karen gathered on the banks of the Salween River in Papun District in northern Karen State on Friday to demand that the government abandons it plans to construct multiple hydropower dams on the river in eastern Burma, environmental activists announced. (more…)

Waters levels on the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers, two of Burma’s most important waterways, are far lower than usual for this time of year, making them increasingly difficult to navigate and raising fears that they may become all but impassible as the dry season advances. (more…)

Environmentalists have called for the formation of a river conservation commission to to cover all Myanmar rivers following the establishment of the Irrawaddy River Conservation Commission by Mandalay Region Legislative Assembly Committee on February 6. (more…)

Myanmar’s government is aiming at developing tourism in the country – but not at any cost. It has drawn up plans to ensure economic, ecological and social sustainability in the sector.
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A planned industrial project will threaten the environment and health of thousands of people in Rakhine State as well as destroying Burma’s second largest mangrove forest, according to a report titled “Danger Zone” which was released this week by Arakan Oil Watch, an environmental NGO in Burma.
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Businesses looking to invest in Dawei are bracing for heightened risk as Myanmar’s Environmental Conservation Act is set to take effect next year, a seminar heard yesterday. (more…)