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Integrating Analytical Frameworks to Investigate Land-Cover Regime Shifts in Dynamic Landscapes
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2019
Regime shifts—rapid long-term transitions between stable states—are well documented in ecology but remain controversial and understudied in land use and land cover change (LUCC)...
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Paradigm Trap: The Development Establisments Embrace of Myanmar and How to Break Loose
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Walden Bello, Transnational Institute, TNI
2018
Is it possible for Myanmar to take a path to sustainable development that would avoid the pitfalls of the orthodox development paradigm? This report argues that this is not only...
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State of Corruption: The Top-Level Conspiracy Behind the Global Trade in Myanmar’s Stolen Teak
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
EIA, Environmental Investigation Agency
2019
The forests of Myanmar are defined by their monetary value and have been part of the military and economic elites’ profits and, in some cases, survival for decades. The entire l...
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Legally and Illegally Logged Out: The Status of Myanmar's Timber Sector and Options for Reform
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Thorsten Treue, University of Copenhagen, Oliver...
2016
Myanmar has been endowed with extensive areas of some of the most valuable timber bearing forests in the world. But in Myanmar’s recent history they have been more of a curse ...
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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
2017
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 reviews progress made towards the 17 Goals in the second year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The...
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National Strategic Plan for Advancement of Women (2013-2022)
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
Myanmar National Committee for Women's Affairs
2014
This comprehensive ten year National Strategic Plan targets the key areas that affect women’s lives, and indicates practical ways to address the issues that Myanmar women are ...
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Final Report: Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
IFC
2018
The Myanmar hydropower sector, in the early stages of development, has the opportunity to develop sustainably by balancing electricity generation with environmental and social o...
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Briefing Note on National Land Use Policy: Prepared for discussion
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO, Paul De Wit, EU
2016
This dataset has no description
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Land and Forest Governance in the Naga Village Republic
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jack Jenkins Hill, Julia Fogerite, Athong Makury, LCG, RRtIP
2018
This report is based on a research project on the Naga customary land tenure system, conducted by Resource Rights for The Indigenous Peoples (RRtIP) in collaboration with Land C...
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Guide to the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Managment Law
Myanmar
Advocacy and promotional materials
Namati
2018
This dataset has no description
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Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar: Kanpauk Oil Palm Estate and Palm Oil Mill Project of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lara M. Lundsgaard-Hansen, Centre for Development and Environment...
2018
This working paper at hand explains the situation of an oil palm company in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, told from the perspective of the palm oil company itself. It does...
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Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar: Hein Ze - A Rural Village in Yebyu Township about Land Use Change and Wellbeing
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental and Economic Research Institute, Cing Don Nuam, Nwe...
2018
This working paper at hand describes the context of land use and human wellbeing in the village Hein Ze in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, told from the perspective of the v...
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What is OneMap Myanmar: Information Factsheet
Myanmar
Advocacy and promotional materials
OneMap Myanmar
2018
This dataset has no description
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Community’s Voices on the Road Link: the two-lane road with one-way benefit
Myanmar
Archived web content
The Mekong Butterfly
2018
To broaden our understanding and get updated information on the project’s development, the Mekong Butterfly had visited and discussed with communities along the Road Link projec...
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EITI Report for the Period April 2013- March 2014. Oil, Gas and Mining Sector
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Meiti)
2015
Myanmar joined EITI upon instructions from its President at the end of 2012. Myanmar submitted its application to become an ‘EITI Candidate’ country to the EITI Board in May 201...
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Dawei Special Economic Zone
Myanmar
Archived web content
Earthrights International
Dawei Special Economic Zone is an industrial development project in southern Myanmar. It is one of three SEZs in Myanmar that are designed to attract businesses by lowering envi...
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New bridge to resolve Thilawa's transport nightmare
Myanmar
Archived web content
Thomson Chau
2018
Article on the Bago Bago River bridge.
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Voices from the Ground: Concerns over the Dawei Special Economic Zone and related projects
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dawei Development Association
2014
This report examines the Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) project in Southern Myanmar, which, if realized, would be one of the largest petrochemical industrial estates in Sout...
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bc14a4a2-ffd0-54da-a26b-e86a1a16add7
Myanmar
Advocacy and promotional materials
Earth Rights International
2008
A brief introduction to, and summary of the major completed, current and planned hydropower, oil and natural gas, and mining projects in Myanmar that h...
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SEZs and Value Extraction from the Mekong
Cambodia, Myanmar
Case studies
Charlie Thame, Focus on the Global South
2017
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been built worldwide since the 1960s to facilitate global free trade and integrate developing countries into global production and distributio...