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Source > Xinhua
Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:40
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The Myanmar authorities have banned the use of Chloroflurocarbon (CFC) gas starting this month, saying that such gas destroys the ozone layer, the local Flower News reported Sunday...
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Source > Earthtimes
Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:28
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A French film company is making a documentary on Myanmar's elephants employed in the logging industry which will compare their lifestyles with those employed in tourism in Thailand, Sri Lanka and India ...
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Source > Hnaung Hlaning/Kantarawaddy Times
Thursday, 07 January 2010 22:45
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Forestry experts have predicted that there will be massive deforestation leading to a desert like situation because premature trees are being felled in Thar Yar area in Pha Saung Township in Karenni state.
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Source > Kyaw Kha/Mizzima News
Friday, 16 October 2009 18:59
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Mice infestation has destroyed paddy fields in Rakhine State causing food scarcity in villages in Tungup Township. Mice in large numbers have destroyed seasonal vegetables and crops ... |
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Source > FOSTER KLUG / AP
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:30
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 US officials today reported that a huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean and issued a regional tsunami watch for India, Burma, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh that was lifted later...
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Source > Usa Pichai/Mizzima News
Wednesday, 05 August 2009 18:52
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Environmentalists have appealed to the government of Thailand to revise its new energy plan that may have been ‘over estimated’, even as a new report reveals the human costs that the proposed Salween mega-dam project will extract in war-ravaged Shan State in Burma...
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Source > Francis Wade/DVB
Monday, 03 August 2009 16:00
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Torrential rain in western Burma has forced the evacuation of over 300 homes, with some areas experiencing five feet of rain, state-run media reported on Saturday. Heavy rains hit Arakan state’s Thandwe and An townships on 29 July and continued over the weekend ...
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Source > Bernama
Saturday, 01 August 2009 19:11
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Floods, triggered by torrential rains, have forced over 300 households in Myanmar's two towns in western Rakhine state to evacuate, China's Xinhua news agency said quoting a report Saturday in the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar...
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Source > APINYA WIPATAYOTIN/Bangkok Post
Friday, 31 July 2009 09:56
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Environmental, social and human rights groups are slamming the adoption of plans for hydropower dams on the Salween River by Asean energy ministers. The groups yesterday claimed the dams would cause massive damage to the river and communities ...
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Source > LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:35
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An estimated 100 residents in Hpakant Township, also known as Jade Land, in northern Kachin State have been ordered to relocate following a landslide on July 5, according to local residents. Residents in Hpakant Township said that the municipal authority ordered the relocation ...
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Source > JJ Kim/DVB
Tuesday, 28 July 2009 23:09
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July 28, 2009 (DVB)–Intense militarization of Burma’s river areas is a byproduct of the government’s near obsession with hydropower, for which the only benefits will be felt by energy hungry neighbours and Burma’s expanding military...
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Source > VOA News
Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:20
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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued a report Friday, detailing actions to be taken in the wake of a landslide in Burma on July 4 that killed at least 30 people... |
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Source > Xinhua
Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:15
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The United Nations is assessing how it can assist Myanmar in the wake of a deadly landslide caused by heavy rains which swept away a jade miners' settlement in the north of the country, UN officials said here on Friday... |
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Source > Mizzima News
Sunday, 12 July 2009 17:49
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Paddy fields in Pyinsalu, Laputta Township, Irrawaddy Division have been inundated with saline water and destroyed, following bidding for sea-water prawn fishing, local residents said... |
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Source > LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 09 July 2009 21:28
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At least 30 people have died in a massive landslide that swept away homes, blocked roads and cut communications in Burma’s northern Kachin State. No official death toll has been released. Reuters news agency put the toll at 30 ...
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Source > Kachin News Group
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 20:18
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The death toll has risen to 70 in the aftermath of floods and landslides in Burma's Hpakant jade mining area in the country's northern Kachin State on July 4 and 5. Hundreds have been injured including over 10 people from local Kachin Baptist Churches ...
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Source > Reuters India
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 20:04
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A landslide caused by torrential rain killed about 30 people in northern Myanmar at the weekend when it swept away their homes, which were built on a mine dump, people in contact with the area said on Wednesday...
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Source > Independent Mon News Agency
Tuesday, 02 June 2009 23:16
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Thai authorities stopped 31 Burmese timber trucks in Three Pagodas Pass on May 22 and seized both the timber and the trucks, according to residents. An eyewitness told IMNA that about 200 tons of logs were seized...
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Source > May Kyaw/Mizzima News
Tuesday, 02 June 2009 22:40
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Dr. Tun Lwin, the Director General of Burma’s Meteorology and Hydrology Department has tendered his resignation, departmental sources said. Though the reason for his resignation is still not clear ...
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Source > SAW YAN NAING/The Irrawaddy
Friday, 08 May 2009 11:31
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Winds of up to 50 mph (80 km/ph) slammed Burma’s second largest city, Mandalay, on Wednesday causing widespread damage. Trees, electrical poles and street signs were uprooted in the storm, which struck the city at around 4 p.m...
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