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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2015
    Myanmar

    Villagers in Karen areas of southeast Myanmar continue to face widespread land confiscation at the hands of a multiplicity of actors. Much of this can be attributed to the rapid expansion of domestic and international commercial interest and investment in southeast Myanmar since the January 2012 preliminary ceasefire between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Myanmar government. KHRG first documented this in a 2013 report entitled ‘Losing Ground’, which documented cases of land confiscation between January 2011 and November 2012.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 1997
    Myanmar

    ...This report, "Migrating With Hope: Burmese Women Working In Thailand and
    The Sex Industry" attempts to present and highlight the needs, interests, and
    realities of undocumented migrant women from Burma working as sex-workers
    in Thailand. We look at the lives of women in Burma, the migration processes,
    processes of entry into the sex-industry, and factors which govern women's wellbeing
    or suffering during the time of migration in Thailand. The authors hope

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2013
    Myanmar

    WITH SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING A PHOTO ESSAY...Selected Land and Livelihood Impacts Along the Shwe Natural Gas and China-Myanmar Oil Transport Pipeline from Rakhine State to Mandalay Division..."Yesterday, we published a photo essay and companion report highlighting the severe impacts of the Shwe natural gas and Myanmar-China oil transport pipelines on the lives and livelihoods of local communities living around these mega-projects.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2009
    Myanmar

    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

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Myanmar

    ဤနိုးဆော်မှုများသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသော ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကဏ္ဍများတွင်ပါ၀င်မည့် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၊ တသီးပုဂ္ဂလများအတွက် အချက်အလက်ရင်းမြစ်များပင် ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤအချက်အလက် ရင်းမြစ်များသည် ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသောဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးအယူအဆ၊ မြန်မာ အစိုးရ၏ တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများနှင့် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန်ရှိသည့်အချက်အလက်များကိုဖော်ပြသည်။

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2014
    Myanmar

    Conclusion: "The Thilawa SEZ project is not clearly described and important information is missing
    throughout the EIA document. The public consultation process did not involve all relevant
    stakeholders, including affected communities, and did not provide sufficient information
    in any case. Consequently, the consultation process did not meet international standards
    and did not meet relevant JICA Guidelines. Had JICA provided adequate and appropriate
    support for the EIA according to its Guidelines, it could have assured that the project

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2015
    Myanmar

    A briefer on the Thilawa special economic zone....."Twice the Myanmar Government attempted to confiscate residential and farm land for
    the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and twice they failed to properly follow Myanmar
    laws. In both the 1996/97 and 2013 attempts to confiscate lands, the government and
    private parties ignored the procedures and requirements of Myanmar law, including the
    Land Acquisition Act. The Myanmar Government failed to properly notify affected

  8. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2019
    Myanmar

    Myanmar is losing its natural forests, with devastating impacts on the lives of millions of people. The losses are killing the country’s rich biodiversity and undermining its economy. One of the main drivers is weak governance.

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