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Community Organizations Network for Environment and Economic Development
Network for Environment and Economic Development
Network for Environment and Economic Development
Acronym
NEED
Phone number
( +95) 9421769254

Location

Nyaung Bin Thar Yar Village
Hmaw Bi Township
Yangon
Myanmar
Working languages
Burmese
English

Network for Environment and Economic Development (NEED) educates, trains and empowers the next generation of Burmese civil society leaders in sustainable agriculture, environmental conservation and community-based economic development in order to protect the livelihood, interests, and human rights of all Burmese people. NEED-Burma provides an experiential and multi-ethnic learning environment for motivated Burmese youth to learn alternative and traditional agriculture techniques.

Through the motivation and education of social change-makers within Burmese civil society, so that they may engage in sustainable development by putting critical thinking and theory into practice. Through the exploration of alternative development paths that takes into consideration the diverse ethnicities, religions, local knowledge and cultures of Burma.

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Natural Light

Reports & Research
maart, 2007
Myanmar

Table of Contents: Mangrove Deforestation, Shrimp Farming, and the Survival of the Coastal...
Land Confiscation in Burma: Whose land is it?...
Shwe Gas Pro ect and the Impact on Arakan State...

A Brief History of Rice Agriculture and Chemical Fertilizer Use in Arakan State

Massive Abuse on Land, Environment and Property Rights

Reports & Research
juli, 2006
Myanmar

Contents:
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of Discussion Paper
2. Background History
2.1 Ethnic Politics and Military Interference
3. Land tenure legislation (1948-62)
3.1 Earlier a brief period of Democracy (1948-1962)
3.2 Under BSBP rule (1962 - 1988)
3.3 Under Military ruling (1988 - Up to now)
4. Socio-Economic Poverty and Land Ownership
5. Summary of Findings
6. Analysis of Findings
7. Militarization and land confiscation
8. No rights to a fair Market price and food sovereignty