February 26, Agence France Presse Whale, dolphin count underway in Myanmar Yangon: Myanmar and international scientists have begun a census of whales, dolphins...
Feb. 28, 2005 http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11015170.htm China protects own timber while smuggling rare woods By Tim Johnson Knight Ridder...
March 3, Xinhua General News Service Private sector in Myanmar helps gov't grow teak Yangon: Eighteen private timber companies in Myanmar will fund the ...
March 4, Narinjara News Labor camp prisoners used on shrimp farms Akyab: Some Arakan State labor camp prisoners are being forced to work at a number of shrimp...
March 8, The Irrawaddy Not a day for women in Burma Today, while people around the world honor the role in their lives played by women, as they mark the 30th...
March 8, South China Morning Post Dams 'won't harm' Mekong River nations - Ray Cheung Beijing: Plans to develop the Mekong River will not harm nations ...
Commentary from a reader on the article below: (In Burma) ... there was no willingness on the part of the government , Ministry of Forestry , Myanmar Timber...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/19/international/asia/19mekong.html? March 19, 2005 CHINA'S REACH: THE TROUBLE DOWNSTREAM In Life on the Mekong, China's Dams...
... Greenpeace press release about Wyevale and Burma ... Greenpeace UK Press Release: UK's leading garden centre exposed in rainforest scandal WYEVALE GARDEN...
Village-based conservation initiatives in Natmataung National Park buffer zones. The Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) (1) and BirdLife...
Dark side of the wood The Standard (Hong Kong). 2 April 2005. Asia's greatest forests are being devastated by an illegal logging industry that has found a...
National entrepreneurs may produce and export teak New Light of Myanmar: 04 April, 2005 In the world are only four nations - India, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand...
Mention of Burma/Thai pipeline: The Independent UK Nakai plateau: Dammed to Oblivion A verdant plateau in Laos is home to some of the world's rarest animal ...
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... ======================================================== "DOWN THE RAT HOLE: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers" the new book by Edith Mirante...
http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/apr/12/12042005ed.htm#A4 Myanmar's mangrove eco-system faces devastation Increased population and the demand for...
April 12, Factual Information News Optics (FINO) Salween dams make mother homeless On a hot April morning, wearing rich traditional costumes, over 160 ...
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... ======================================================== "DOWN THE RAT HOLE: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers" the new book by Edith Mirante...
The Irrawaddy (from AP)Monday, April 25, 2005 Monday, April 25, 2005 Tiger Population Plunges in Burma Burma ’s tiger population has plunged drastically,...
Locals Fear Chinese Flooding into Northern Burma Kachin Post April 18, 2005 Hka Aung/ Myitkyina Residents in northern Burma have been inched up fears against...
Myanmar plans vast new plantations, especially for teak Sun Apr 24,10:24 AM ET YANGON (AFP) - Military-ruled Myanmar, whose logging activities have drawn...
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EarthRights International (ERI) Burma Project's most recent web article "Flooding the Future: Hydropower and Cultural Survival in the Salween River Basin" has...
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Logging Ravages Kachin Forests By Khun Sam May 03, 2005 After more than a decade of logging by the Burmese junta, wealthy Chinese businessmen and ethnic...
If every Chinese saved one tree ... MICHAEL RICHARDSON South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). 6 May 2005. Seven years ago, China was hit by disastrous floods....
Myanmar Issues Regulations to Save Decimated Marine Turtle Population May 04, 2005 - By Associated Press VANGON, Myanmar - Eating the meat and eggs of turtles...
May 5, Thai Press Reports Mae Sod customs confiscate teak products worth more than 500,000 baht Section: General News - Mae Sod customs have confiscated teak...
May 11, Narinjara News Three hydro-power plants are being built in Arakan Akyab: Though three power plants are being built by the Burmese military junta in...