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  1. Library Resource
    Pathways for the recognition of customary forest tenure in the Mekong region
    Reports & Research
    November, 2022
    Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

    Globally, about 2 billion people claim ownership of their homes and lands through a customary tenure system. Customary tenure has long been insecure and is under growing pressure in many places. But it is also increasingly recognized through a variety of mechanisms, formal and informal. RECOFTC released a new report on the recognition of customary tenure of communities living in forested landscapes in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam. It also includes a case study from Thailand.

  2. Library Resource
    Persistence and Change in Customary Tenure Systems in Myanmar
    Reports & Research
    January, 2021
    Myanmar

    Based on a broad review of the existing documentation, the study describes the diversity of customary tenure systems in various regions of Myanmar; it looks at what they have in common and how they differ. It investigates the processes that affect or weaken the community jurisdiction over their lands and resources. It is intended as a resource for policymakers who are looking at recognizing and protecting the customary rights of rural communities.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2001
    Myanmar

    ... Karenni people celebrated three kinds of pole festivals in a year. The first one is called Tya-Ee-Lu-Boe-Plya. During this festival, the people went to their paddy fields, vegetable farms, picked the premature fruits and brought it to the Ee-Lu-pole. They put the premature fruits on altar, thank god and then pray for good fruits and good harvest. The second one called Tya-Ee-Lu-Phu-Seh. In this festival they pray god to bless the teenagers with good conducts, and good healths. The third one is Tya-Ee-Lu-Du. The festival concerned to everyone.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2015
    Myanmar

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
    "Myanmar’s agricultural sector has for long suffered due to multiplicity of laws and regulations, deficient and degraded infrastructure, poor policies and planning, a chronic lack of credit, and an absence of tenure security for cultivators. These woes negate Myanmar’s bountiful natural endowments and immense agricultural potential, pushing its rural populace towards dire poverty.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 1942
    Myanmar

    CHAPTER VII. Land Tenure:
    "Salient differences between tenures in autocratic and democratic
    groups rights and claims in autocratic group of chief, headman,
    specialists, the whole community, the individual resident
    and the individual cultivator the principles governing these rights
    and claims the rights and principles of tenure in democratic group
    land tenure in practice the "bul ram" individual tenure and its effects
    communal land possible solutions to land problems".

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2015
    Myanmar

    Introduction: "1. Myanmar is a country where the various kinds of ethnic
    nationalities are residing collectively and widely in 7 Regions, 7
    States and Union Territory. The country is located in Southeast
    Asia and is important geographically, economically and politically
    in the region.
    2. Moreover, Myanmar is a country that has rich natural resources and
    environment, including valuable forests, fertile planes, natural gas
    and mineral deposits, long coastline, mountain ranges, and rivers

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2015
    Myanmar

    ၁။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည် တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးပေါင်းစုံတို့ စုပေါင်းနေထိုင်လျှက်ရှိသော နိုင်ငံတစ်နိုင်ငံဖြစ်ပြီး၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီး ရ ခု၊ ပြည်နယ် ရ ခုနှင့် ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတို့တွင် ပြန့်နှံ့နေထိုင်လျက်ရှိသည်။ နိုင်ငံတော်သည် အရှေ့တောင်အာရှတွင် တည်ရှိပြီး ပထဝီအနေအထားအရသော်လည်းကောင်း၊ စီးပွားရေးအရသော်လည်းကောင်း၊ နိုင်ငံရေးအရသော်လည်းကောင်း အချက်အချာကျသည့်နိုင်ငံဖြစ်ပါသည်။

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    July, 2015
    Myanmar

    Customary Tenure and Land Alienation in Myanmar:
    "Customary communal tenure is characteristic of many local upland communities in S.E. Asia. These
    communities have strong ancestral relationships to their land, which has never been held under
    individual rights, but considered common property of the village. Communal tenure has been the
    norm and land has never been a commodity. This is an age-old characteristic of many societies
    globally. Prior to the publication in 1861 of Ancient Law by the English jurist Henry Sumner Maine,

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2015
    Myanmar

    Opinion and analysis on business and human rights issues in Myanmar...For the last two days I have been at the Workshop on the National Land Use Policy Formulation held at the Myanmar International Convention Centre in Nay Pyi Taw. Under discussion was the 6th, and likely final, draft of the National Land Use Policy. (Available here: http://www.fdmoecaf.gov.mm/documents)

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2015
    Myanmar

    [N.B. Only the 1st 2 and the last document were accessible, 30 July 2015] .....
    National Land Use Policy 6th Draft (English Version)
    English Version(6th draft).pdf...
    ဆဌမအကွိမျ မွအေသုံးခမြှု မူဝါဒမူကွမျး (မွနျမာ)
    myanmar version (6th draft).pdf...
    ESIA (English) PartI...
    ESIA (Englsih)PartI.pdf...
    ESIA Letpadaung-Summary-Myanmar font...
    ESIA Letpadaung-Summary-Myanmar font.pdf...
    ESIA OF LETPADAUNG PROJECT ON NOV 21ST BY KNIGHT PIESOLD 2883 PAGES...

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