Mongabay

Following coup, Myanmar’s Indigenous vow to protect forests ‘until the end of the world’ (commentary)

The Tanintharyi Region in southern Myanmar is a beautiful and rich expanse of rainforest, ocean, and mangroves where we still have wild tigers and elephants, and where the forest provides all that we ...
Mongabay

Myanmar’s new langur species is ‘very beautiful,’ but critically endangered

Researchers recently described a new primate species, the Popa langur (Trachypithecus popa), in Myanmar. The new species is one of about 20 known langur species in the Trachypithecus genus, and a ...
Reuters

U.N. charts new territory with project to track all Myanmar's forests

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new five-year project in Myanmar will for the first time document all forests in the Southeast Asian nation - including places affected by ethnic tensions ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Military coup, economic sanctions hike threats to Myanmar's forests

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Myanmar's military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the ...
Reuters

Military coup, economic sanctions hike threats to Myanmar's forests

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Myanmar's military coup and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian ...