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28 Dec 2009, 8:41 am
I’m not aware of any significant progress in Myanmar to make communities in the Irrawaddy Delta region more disaster resilient even post-Nargis given the junta’s sui generis approach to humanitarian assistance, and the challenges this rigid approach posed to aid workers and their associated technologies. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 7:55 pm
Not only have they increased tensions and caused distress with the ethnic groups, they’re straining ties with China – Aung Zaw, editor of Thailand-based Irrawaddy magazine, August 29, 2009. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 8:16 am
Among those freed were members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, including Zaw Myint Maung [Irrawaddy report], who had been imprisoned for [read post]
1 Jun 2008, 3:27 pm
Meanwhile, outside aid is slow to arrive, with foreign aid agencies gaining only incremental access to the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta and the government impounding cars of some private Burmese donors.In a scene the ruling generals are unlikely to see played out for themselves, a convoy of trucks carrying relief supplies, led by Buddhist monks, passed through storm-devastated villages in the delta this week. [read post]
12 May 2008, 11:42 pm
My friends, former colleagues, and students all tell me that Yangon, the old capital, is widely devastated and that the fertile delta of the Irrawaddy River is still flooded: Continue reading "Empower the People of Myanmar to Help Themselves" [read post]
9 May 2008, 12:27 pm
An unknown number of monks and other civilians were killed, and many remain in detention.Then came Cyclone Nargis with its 120 mile an hour winds.On May 3, the cyclone swept through the Irrawaddy delta, a densely populated rice growing region, leaving death and destruction in its wake. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 10:55 am
Written by Chief Leafy seadragon Named after the dragons of Chinese mythology, Leafy seadragons (Phycodurus eques) resemble a piece of drifting seaweed as they float in the seaweed-filled water. [read post]
26 Dec 2006, 3:44 am
There are two subspecies: the susu and the bhulan or Indus susu.Irrawaddy dolphinThe irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, lives in the Mekong river system in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.BotoThe boto, Inia geoffrensis, also known as the Inia or Amazon river dolphin, is endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river systems in South America.TucuxiLike the boto, the tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis fluviatilis, also inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco river systems.Yangtze finless porpoiseThe Yangtze… [read post]
