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Trash is a big problem in Myanmar. Garbage is scattered in the streets with smells of burning trash never far behind—but an innovative social enterprise has found a way to turn that adversity into advantage. Tucked in the...

A new investigation has uncovered the inhumane and often gruesome reality lurking behind Thailand’s fishing industry. For the past decade, hundreds of Rohingya migrants have been sold from trafficking camps in Malaysia...

Myitsone dam project, at the headwaters of the Irrawaddy, is caught in tug of war between the state and a Chinese corporationLapai Zoong kicks the red dirt outside his house and complains that nothing will grow...

In today’s world, where a shift from large scale agribusiness to smaller scale, localized growing can be seen, ideas such as hydroponics and aquaponics have begun to take hold in the urban environment...

Beijing threatens legal action as Burma halts dam because it is 'against the will of the people'Burma's decision to suspend the country's biggest hydroelectric project has shocked and enraged China, the government's most...

The decision to halt the Myitsone dam could be a sign that, after nearly two decades of international isolation, reformists are gaining the upper handThere are many good reasons why construction on a huge Chinese-funded dam...

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Newly leaked document reveals support for opponents of proposed Myitsone dam, widely seen as a Chinese projectThe US embassy in Rangoon funded some of the civil society groups in the Burmese region that forced the government...

The leader of Burma's pro-democracy opposition joins chorus of alarm over China's plan to build dams on Irrawaddy riverAung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma's pro-democracy opposition, has called for a halt to a massive Chinese...

Fighting over hydropower projects ends 17-year ceasefire between Burmese government and Kachin militiaA bloody outbreak of fighting that has ended a 17-year ceasefire between Burmese government forces and a tribal militia...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Seth Brau on Vimeo. I would add to this that you have the right to live on a planet that is sustainable for human life, and that society and individuals should be banned from...

Villagers raped and killed during construction of huge projects, claim human rights campaignersThe British construction company that helped to build two dams in Burma has been condemned by human rights campaigners amid reports...