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    Customary Land Management and Legal Frameworks: Experiences from Around the World - Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)

    Reports & Research
    February, 2014
    Myanmar, South-Eastern Asia
    customary law
    customary tenure
    common lands
    land tenure
    natural resources management
    land tenure systems

    A Report to Enhance Discussions about
    Customary Land Rights in Burma.....This purpose of this paper is to present a brief summary of the
    issues and current
    situations facing ethnic and indigenous communities around the
    world that are
    using a customary rights framework to manage their land and natural resources.
    By outlining these experiences, ethnic groups in Burma will be
    able to better understand their own context and
    possibilities as they struggle to gain control over

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    Yearning to be heard - Mon Farmers’ continued struggle for acknowledgement and protection of their rights (Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ)

    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Myanmar
    tenure security
    land grabbing
    expropriation

    In October 2013, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) released "Disputed Territory", a report documenting the emerging trend of Mon farmers fighting for recognition of their land rights in the face of unjust land and property confiscations. The report analyzed specific barriers impeding their success, from weak land policy and inadequate dispute resolution mechanisms, to an absence of support from various sources.

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    Burma’s Resource Curse The case for revenue transparency in the oil and gas sector (Burmese)

    Reports & Research
    March, 2012
    Myanmar
    land use
    extractive industries

    Executive Summary: "Burma is rich in natural resources, particularly natural gas and oil. Yet instead of using these resources for the country’s development through industry and job growth, military leaders have been exporting them for over a decade. This has generated huge revenue flows, but a lack of transparency and mismanagement of these revenues has left Burma with some of the worse development indicators in the world, creating a resource curse. Sales revenues of natural gas exports alone amounted to US$ 2.5 billion in 2010-11.

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    Burmese Refugee Transnationalism: What Is the Effect?

    Reports & Research
    November, 2008
    Myanmar
    Land Conflicts
    displacement

    Abstract: "Burmese refugees in Thailand maintain economic, social and
    political links with their country of origin, but these transnational activities
    are influenced by the politics and level of development of the country of
    origin and the host country. Through transnational activities, refugees can
    have a positive impact on the home country by contributing to peace-building
    and development or they can enhance conflict, as the discussion on
    community engagement and political transnationalism will illustrate. Clearly,

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