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Introduction: "This
might
refer
to
our
relationship
with
the
environment
just
as
well
as
to
that
between
a
man
and
a
woman.
Our
relationship
with
the
environment
requires
careful
attention
for
we
must
take
care
of
it
if
we
want
it
to
reciprocate.
Around
the
globe
today,
that
relationship
is
being
challenged.
We
are
here
in
a
wondrous
and
wonderful
part
of
the
world.
This
sketch
of
Asia’s
major
rivers
flowing
down
from
the
Tibetan
plateau
illustrates
just
how
central
our
location
is,
both
geographically
and
in
terms
of
the
hundreds
of
millions
of
human
lives
and
other
biological
phenomena
impacted
by
the
flow
of
these
waters.
The
river
of
concern
for
me
today
is
the
Salween,
in
some
locations
called
the
Nu Jiang
or
the
Thanlwin.
Lately
my
focus
has
been
on
Myanmar
(Burma)
and
its
current
struggles
to
emerge
form
a
long
period
of
difficult
political
and
economic
conditions.
Many,
dare
I
say
all
of
us,
desire
to
help
this
great
country
to
achieve
higher
levels
of
prosperity
and
sustainable
well-being.
One
focal
point
for
many
has
become
the
Salween..."
.....Paper delivered at the International
Conference
on
Burma/Myanmar
Studies:
Burma/Myanmar
in
Transition:
Connectivity,
Changes
and
Challenges:
University
Academic
Service
Centre
(UNISERV),
Chiang
Mai
University,
Thailand, 24-25
July
2015
