Historic Ship Rainbow Warrior to Sail Throughout Indonesia
TEMPO.CO MONDAY MARCH 12, 2018 Rainbow Warrior III ship belonging to Greenpeace at Benoa Harbour, Denpasar, Bali (31/5). TEMPO/Johannes P. Christo JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Rainbow Warrior a historic ship of […]
Myanmar Experiments with Drones to Replant Dwindling Mangroves
By MOE MYINT THE IRRAWADDY February 8, 2018 Employees of Bio Carbon Engineering examine a drone designed toplant mangrove trees in Yangon. Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy YANGON, Myanmar – […]
More than 150,000 Myanmar workers return from Thailand
ZAW ZAW HTWE The Myanmar Times Friday December 1, 2017 MORE than 150,000 Myanmar migrants who do not have the proper documents returned home from Thailand between June 29 and […]
Rice-Fish Farming: Sleman Farmers Kill Two Birds With One Stone
Jakarta Globe Monday January 23, 2017 JAKARTA, Indonesia: Farmers in Sleman, a district of Yogyakarta, has been using a method called “rice-fish farming” to boost their income and promote a […]
Indonesia President Jokowi Wants 400,000 hectares Peatlands Restored
TEMPO.CO Wednesday January 11, 2017 ANTARA/Rony Muharrman JAKARTA, Indonesia – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is targeting to restore 400,000 hectares of peatland this year. By 2020, Widodo wants 2 million hectares […]
Conserving Protected Indigenous Karen Landscape in Myanmar
By Mizzima Tuesday January 10, 2017 Photo: Karen Environmental and Social Action Network The Salween Peace Park, an indigenous Karen landscape conservation initiative dedicated to the conservation of bio-cultural and […]
Indonesia’s BMKG Predicts More Fire Hotspots in 2017 Despite “Neutral” Weather Conditions
Jakarta Globe Friday January 6, 2017 Indonesia experienced its worst land and forest fires on record in 2015 amid a strong El Niño weather pattern, whereas wildfires in 2016 were […]
Dozens Myanmar in Myitkyina Township Protest Myitsone Dam Meeting
By MOE MYINT / THE IRRAWADDY| Saturday, June 4, 2016 Protesters against the Chinese-funded Myitsone dam in front of the Palm Spring Resort, Myitkyina Township, Kachin State. (Photo: Moe Myint […]
French technical assistance to help Myanmar provide electricity from river currents
By Mizzima Friday June 24, 2016 France is to provide technical assistance with sourcing an electricity supply from river currents for distribution to rural regions of Myanmar, state media reported […]
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