Disaster overview: "The coordination team
suggests that there are three broad geographic areas.
The
team has conducted
field trips to
two of these ‘typical’ areas. Many houses in the areas visited are of timber construction but there are
also masonry…
Myanmar’s forests are in trouble. Two recent reports reveal the rapid loss of tree cover over the past five years has been so severe Myanmar rank...Since 2010, Myanmar has lost more than 546,000 hectares (over 1.3 million acres) of forest on average each year, according to a report by the UN’s…
Abstract: "Migration
is
the
act
or
process
of
moving
from
one
place
to
another
with
the
intent
of
staying
at
the
destination
permanently
or…
Abstract: "Socio‐economic
situation
means
an
individual's
or
a
group's
position
within
a
hierarchical
social
structure.
Socio-economic
status
depends
on
a
…
This assessment is in response to the 6th draft of the NLUP, released in May
2015, following months of public and expert consultations. It outlines some
of the key positive and negative points of the new draft. The new draft NLUP
has taken on board…
About 32 million ha, half of Myanmar’s land area, is classified as forest area. Most of the 20 million ha of other wooded land is fallow land used by villagers for shifting cultivation. About 20 to 25 million people out of a total population of 60 million are estimated to use forests as one of…
Emergency Flood Response: "In late July and August,
more than 1.7 million people in 13 states/regions were
affected by the widespread floods and landslides,
as a result of the tropical Cyclone Komen. WFP
prompted an emergency flood response on 2 August,
within…
...While all-out street brawls might not be an everyday occurrence in Hlaing Tharyar, the township is awash with crime – everything from fistfights, robberies, rapes and extortion to assaults and home detentions by lenders against debtors.
A senior police officer from the Hlaing Tharyar…
In recent years migration studies have theorized that 21st-century migration is following patterns that both incorporate and diverge from academic and policymaking explanations of late 20th-century migration. The case of Myanmar, whose out-migration is well-known and well-enumerated,…
This Interview with Ma A--- describes events occurring in B--- village, Hpa-an Township, Thaton District in June 2015, including land confiscation, forced relocation, attack on a village and villagers, threatening, looting, arbitrary detention and threats to children’s right to education.…
The
Government
of
Myanmar
has
demonstrated
their
interest
and
commitment
to
promoting
and
protecting
breast
feeding
and
to
improve
Maternal,
Infant
and…
Summary: "Since mid-July 2015, torrential rains in Myanmar have caused floods and landslides that have resulted in loss of lives, widespread displacement and loss of livelihoods. Further, Cyclone Komen, which eventually made landfall in Bangladesh, was sitting off the coast of western…