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Burmese president awaits key report on Myitsone
A second report covering the Myitsone dam project on the Irrawaddy River will soon be submitted to the Burmese president for his consideration.
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China may scrap Myitsone dam to advance other interests: sources
China has shifted its position in a lengthy dispute with Burma over the building of the $3.6 billion dam, signalling its willingness to abandon the project in exchange for other economic and strategic opportunities in Burma.
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Myitsone Dam has cost us $800m, says China
Naypyidaw is liable to pay compensation to the Chinese state-owned electricity giant if the project is permanently cancelled, Myanmar Times reports.
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China’s CPI offers to meet Kachin NGO after Myitsone war of words
Chinese dam-builders say resumption of the Irrawaddy seven-dam project will bring electricity, revenue, jobs and tourists to the region while a local NGO claims it will destroy the environment and livelihoods, and further fuel the conflict in Kachin State.
Chinese ‘confident’ Burma will re-open Myitsone dam
The Chinese company pushing to restart the controversial Myitsone dam in Kachin state is confident that Burma’s new democratic leadership, including Aung San Suu Kyi, will back the project.
Leaked document reveals Myitsone dam set to reopen
According to documents obtained by DVB, the controversial dam project in Burma’s Kachin state is set to reopen after President Thein Sein pledged to halt its construction
Myitsone evictees begin returning home
Up to 1,000 families relocated for dam return to village, but questions remain about whether work has been stopped at Kachin site
Govt could reconsider Myitsone dam
Govt to hand decision regarding the Myitsone project to new Environment Ministry, offering hope of a rethink on the controversial dam
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Myitsone will press ahead: govt minister
Govt to press ahead with controversial Chinese dam at Myitsone in Kachin state, despite widespread objection blamed on ‘those with undesirable intentions’
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Coal in the spotlight as Suu Kyi govt ponders energy policy
Coal would be one of the quickest ways to ramp up power generation, but the option is unpopular in Burma.
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China’s $10 billion strategic project at Kyaukphyu sparks local ire
Can Burma’s government please China, bring development and job opportunities, and ensure local residents’ rights are upheld as plans for the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone move forward?
China seeks up to 85% stake in strategic Kyaukphyu port
China is looking to take a stake of up to 85 percent in a strategically important sea port in Burma, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, in a move that could heighten tensions over China’s growing economic clout in the country.
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Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics
Perspectives on Burma’s waterways have been polarised into two competing positions: focusing on developing its vast hydropower potential and advocating for local communities’ needs and concerns.
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Diverse perceptions of the Irrawaddy River Valley among its inhabitants
For centuries, the Irrawaddy River has served as Burma’s main riverine artery, but what does the future hold for this important waterway?
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Hydro workshops, assessment not a green light for development
The ongoing Strategic Environmental Assessment of the hydropower sector in Myanmar does not determine the fate of planned or future hydropower projects and rather is a tool for decision-makers to be better informed of countrywide environmental and social risks.
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Hundreds of CSOs demand safe, sustainable energy plan
A coalition of 422 civil society and environmental groups are calling on the government to halt all proposed coal and large-scale hydropower projects, citing a raft of negative impacts on vulnerable local communities.
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Interview: ‘There are other options’ besides mega-dams
Joern Kristensen, the director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, speaks to DVB about Burma’s options for meeting its energy needs.
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The Last Undammed River – Saving the Salween
A new documentary from DVB examines efforts to save one of Asia’s last freely flowing rivers from the potentially devastating impact of planned mega-dams.
‘Conservation should be a major concern’: Myanmar Green Network
Devi Thant Cin of the Myanmar Green Network explains why she opposes planned coal plants and what environmental reforms an NLD government should introduce.
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China courts Arakan MP with irresistible offer
Aye Maung said he has not responded to China’s offers of help. But he said he would like tractors and farm machinery to help with Arakan’s harvest.
Understanding the durability of Dawei
While the Dawei deep-sea port and industrial zone in southern Burma is said to be on life support, regional economic inertia and Thailand’s political landscape may keep the project afloat
VP pushed out over corruption, resistance to reforms
The hardliners of Burma’s former junta are being offered lucrative financial incentives to step down and allow the government’s reform process to continue
India-backed dam ‘to displace 45,000’
Demonstrators gather outside Indian parliament to protest Indiai’s financing of Tamanthi dam, which will flood an area the size of Delhi
Burma VP to talk dam fiasco with China
Tin Aung Myint Oo will travel to China in mid October to discuss government’s shock cancellation of the China-backed Myitsone dam
Suu Kyi demands action on major dam
Letter appeals to Burmese and Chinese governments, as well as UN, to reconsider construction of controversial Myitsone dam
Critical report on China-backed dam smothered
Internal report in 2009 financed by the company behind the controversial Myitsone dam had called for cessation of project
Energy projects ‘fuelling’ border fighting
Environmental group says clashes in Burma’s northern and eastern border regions is intended to secure lucrative dam sites
