22 April 2023
Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Myanmar
Farmers and other land-owners have no legal recourse against a regime using war to seize land for military bases, client corporations and grandiose infrastructure projects.
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7 July 2022
China
Myanmar
Main photo: The Chinese fence inside Myanmar’s territory in October 2021. / NamKhamnews
China has cut off electricity to a border village in northern Shan State for nearly nine months due to boundary disputes, according to residents.
1 July 2022
Myanmar
LANDac International Conference 2022 Session Summary
23 May 2022
China
Myanmar
Pristine parts of northern Kachin State are under threat as demand grows for high-tech devices that rely on rare earth.
Main photo: The leaching ponds at a rare earth mining site in Kachin State, where toxic chemicals are applied to dissolve the metals. (PHOTO: Maran)
1 June 2021
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Southern Asia
17 February 2021
South-Eastern Asia
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Myanmar
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Southern Asia
MRLG is hiring a Communications and Event Management for Specialist for the Mekong Region Land Forum 2021.
3 December 2020
Myanmar
Seeking quick returns, Chinese investors are driving a scramble for plantation land in parts of northern Myanmar.
30 September 2020
Myanmar
27 September 2020
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One of the ugliest features of the modern world is the exploitation of natural resources for private gain irrespective of its consequences for the environment and the larger community, especially the poor majority.
10 September 2020
Myanmar
- Conflict over how best to protect the biodiversity of Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region may be contributing to the rapid loss of its forest cover.
7 July 2020
China
Myanmar
The Yunnan-based company has been criticised as secretive as some question whether it is equipped to run such a project
Main photo: The entrance to Namjin village seen on March 6 (Photo- Chan Thar/ Myanmar Now)
22 June 2020
Myanmar
Like different land management systems across the world, land management systems varied in different territories.