PINLEBU, Myanmar (AP) — The hills of northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the woods as a death ...

Deforestation has been trending upward in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar, with the area losing 6 percent of its tree cover in 14 years. Mines and new roads are among the threats to its ...

YANGON: Myanmar has designated two new protected public forest areas in Chin state and Shan state, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on Friday (June 14).

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