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The Online Burma/Myanmar Library (OBL) is a non-profit online research library mainly in English and Burmese serving academics, activists, diplomats, NGOs, CSOs, CBOs and other Burmese and international actors. It is also, of course, open to the general public. Though we provide lists of Burma/Myanmar news sources, the Library’s main content is not news but in-depth articles, reports, laws, videos and links to other websites, We provide a search engine (database and full text) and an alphabetical list of categories and sub-categories, but the Library is best accessed through browsing the 100 or so categories which lead to sub- and sub-sub categories. These tools should be used in combination.
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Displaying 631 - 635 of 1151Resisting the Flood: Communities taking a stand against the imminent construction of Irrawaddy dams (Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Message from KDNG: "As a network of residents of Kachin State, we, the Kachin Development Networking Group, have been monitoring plans by the stateowned China Power Investment Corporation and Burma’s military regime to build seven dams on the Irrawaddy River and its two main tributaries. In 2007 we published the report, "Damming the Irrawaddy" which surveyed the environment and peoples in the affected area and analyzed the negative impacts of these dams. Today construction of the 2,000-megawatt Chibwe Dam on the N’Mai River is already underway.
10,000 Shans uprooted, 500 houses burned in Burmese regime's latest scorched earth campaign
10,000 Shans uprooted, 500 houses burned in Burmese regime’s latest scorched earth campaign (press release)...
Map of villages forcibly relocated...
Summary of villages forcibly relocated...
Images of the Burmese regime's latest scorched earth campaign
A THEMATIC COMPILATION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS
(4th edition).....
"This compilation consists of selected paragraphs of the Conclusions of UNHCR’s
Executive Committee grouped by subject. It seeks to show the progressive development of
Executive Committee deliberations on a given topic over time, and to add a reference tool
to the chronological arrangement of Executive Committee Conclusions already published
by UNHCR.
The first edition of this compilation was published in 2001 to mark the 50th anniversary of
Robbing the Future - Russian-backed Mining Project Threatens Pa-O Communities in Shan State, Burma
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
"The transformation of Mount Pinpet, or "Pine Tree Mountain," in Burma's war-torn Shan State, for the excavation and refinement of the country's second largest iron ore deposit is changing the very nature of life there, and if not stopped could permanently destroy the home of more than 7,000 primarily ethnic Pa-O residents.
Townships [in Burma/Myanmar] with Known Hazard of Antipersonnel Mines
Data compiled by Landmine Monitor. This map does not indicate
how extensive mine pollution is in any indicated Township.
Explosive symbol denotes townships in which antipersonnel
mines have claimed casualties between 1 January 2007 to 1
June 2009. All other data 1 January 2008 to 1 June 2009.