6.8 earthquake hits Burma, one killed
Witnesses said the tremors were felt in Bangkok, central Burma and as far away as the Vietnam capital of Hanoi where people were evacuated PANUMET TANRAKSA CHIANG MAI, THAILAND A large 6.8 mag March...
View ArticleBurma’s environment: people, problems, policies
Burma has extensive biodiversity and abundant natural resources, which have in recent years been threatened by militarization, large-scale resource extraction, and infrastructure development. Burma
View ArticleBurma suspends $3.6bn China dam project
Burma’s authoritarian government has suspended the construction of a $3.6bn Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam in what is being seen as a conciliatory gesture to its opponents and possibly the most visible
View ArticleResidents protest Kawthaung coal-fired power plant
Residents living near a coal-fired thermal power plant project in southernmost Burma are growing more concerned over health issues associated with the power plant, which could begin operations in April,
View ArticleTremors felt in most parts of Lanka
A tsunami warning was issued yesterday by the Disaster Management Center for coastal areas in Sri Lanka as an earthquake of the magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale struck the west coast of Northern...
View ArticleHeavy demand behind spurt in poaching?
The spurt in tiger poaching in India is being directly attributed to the increasing demand of tiger parts especially in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Indonesia. India has been vociferous in...
View ArticleBurma floods leave 85,000 homeless in Irrawaddy Delta
The Burmese government has said that 85,000 people have been driven from their homes by heavy flooding. The Irrawaddy Delta - where 130,000 people died in a cyclone in 2008 - has been worst affected.
View ArticleJavan rhino clings to survival in last forest stronghold
There are only 35 rhinos left in one wild population, and none in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth For most people
View ArticleMalnutrition, disease rising in camps of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims
Alittle girl balances a bag of donated rice on her head as she begs for her family of eight. Other children play in fetid, trash-clogged pools of water. And at a religious class at a makeshift mosque,
View ArticleGreen skills for rural youth in South East Asia
Climate change is making it more difficult for young people in south-east Asia to find a job, according to a report by Plan International). Livelihoods in countries such as Indonesia, Burma, Thailand and
View ArticleBurma sentences 153 Chinese workers to life imprisonment for illegal logging
China lodges diplomatic protest after court issues harsh punishments in crackdown on illegal timber trade along border China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Burma after a court sentenced 153 Chinese
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