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  • Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS) Gap Analysis Project: Final Report

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Myanmar Forest Certification Committee 2017 Forest policy and administration, Forest protection support, Forest trade and finance, Logging and timber
    This report outlines the results of the Myanmar Timber Legality Assurance System (MTLAS) gap analysis exercise. It documents the existing MTLAS and describes some of the gaps ob...

  • Country Progress Report: Myanmar at 6th Sub-regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance

    en Myanmar Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations 2018 Forest policy and administration, Forests and forestry, Logging and timber
    This presentation is from the 6th Sub-Regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance. It considers forestry in Myanmar and the chain of custody for forest products, including an...

  • Framework for Assessing Legality of Forestry Operations, Timber Processing and Trade Annex: Myanmar

    en Myanmar Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations 2013 Forest protection, Forests and forestry, Logging and timber
    This presentation provides a framework for assessing the legality of forestry operations, including a set of principles with criterion and different indicators. The timber legal...

  • Burma and Transnational Crime

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Liana Sun Wyler, International Crime and Narcotics, Foreign... 2008 Anti-corruption, Crime and law enforcement, Development and assistance for human rights, Human trafficking, Industries, International laws and treaties , Laws and regulations, Legal system and judicial system, Multilateral development assistance, National government
    Report by the Congressional Research Service on transnational organized crime in Burma (Myanmar). Transnational crime in Burma bears upon U.S. interests as it threatens regional...

  • 28 Tax Revenue Officials Implicated in Corruption Case

    en Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Htet Naing Zaw, The Irrawady 2013 Anti-corruption, Legal aid providers, Taxation
    An article about implicating tax revenue officials in corruption case.

  • Timber Trade Country Profile - Myanmar

    en Myanmar Profiles - Geographical areas and sites European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF), Association Technique... Forest policy and administration, Forest trade and finance, Forests and forestry, Logging and timber, Sustainable use forest
    According to the FAO (2015) Myanmar has around 29.0 million hectares of forested land, which constitutes to 44.2% of the total land area. Around 28.1 million hectares are primar...

  • Community Forestry in Myanmar: Progress and Potentials

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Kyaw Tint, Oliver Springate-Baginski, Mehm Ko Ko Gyi 2011 Community forest, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    This paper is the main output of a research project initiated by Pyoe Pin, and led by ECCDI with support from the University of East Anglia, whose aim has been to fill the gap i...

  • Community Forestry Instructions Notification No (84/2016)

    en Myanmar Notification No (84/2016) Notification August 16, 2016 Community forest, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    The objectives of the Community Forestry Instructions are: a. To address the basic needs of timber and non-timber products for local people; b. To create job opportunities and i...

  • Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: Country Report - Myanmar

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations 2014 Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    FAO, at the request of its member countries, regularly monitors the world´s forests and their management and uses through the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). This coun...

  • ILO Lifts All Restrictions on Burma

    en Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Samantha Michaels, The Irrawady 2013 Civil and political rights, Labor arbitration, Labor policy and administration, Labor rights and labor unions NGOs, Laws and regulations
    An article in The Irrawaddy on the announcement by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to lift restrictions on Myanmar. The restrictions, which were imposed by the UN ag...

  • Myanmar in Deforestation Crisis

    en Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs United Press International (UPI) 2012 Deforestation drivers, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    Myanmar's forest coverage is down to only a fifth of the country's total area and officials say they want a total ban on exporting wood to foreign countries.The country's Natura...

  • Myanmar to Draft First Labour Safety Law

    en Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Shwe Yee Saw Myint, Myanmar Times 2012 Labor policy and administration, Labor rights and labor unions NGOs, Laws and regulations, Safety and health at work
    An article published in the English language weekly Myanmar Times on the first law on safety and health in workplaces being drafted by the Ministry of Labour of Myanmar in 2013.

  • The Settlement of Labour Dispute Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 5/2012)

    en Myanmar 5/2012 Law March 28, 2012 Alternative dispute resolution, Labor arbitration, Labor policy and administration, Labor rights and labor unions NGOs, Laws and regulations
    The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hereby enacts this Law for safeguarding the right of workers or having good relationship between employer and workers and making peaceful workplace or obt...

  • The Labour Organization Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7/2011)

    en Myanmar Notification No. 1/2012 Law October 11, 2011 Labor policy and administration, Labor rights and labor unions NGOs, Laws and regulations
    The Ministry of Labour, in exercising the powers conferred under section 57 of the Labour Organization Law, hereby issues the following rules with the approval of the Union Gove...

  • The Commercial Tax Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/90)

    en Myanmar 8/90 Law January 1, 1990 Civil and commercial litigation, Forest policy and administration, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber, Taxation

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  • Foreign Investment Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 21/2012)

    en Myanmar 21/2012 Law November 2, 2012 Forest policy and administration, Investment, Investment policy and regulations, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber

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  • Export and Import Law (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.17/2012)

    en Myanmar 17/2012 Law September 17, 2012 Exports, Forest policy and administration, Imports, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber
    The objectives of this Law are as follows: (a) to enable to implement the economic principles of the State successfully; (b) to enable to lay down the policies relating to expor...

  • The Forest Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/92)

    en Myanmar The Forest Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/92) Law November 3, 1992 Forest policy and administration, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber, Sustainable use forest
    The Forest Law determines the basic principles, regulations and measures on sustainable management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest resources and...

  • The Myanmar Citizens Investment Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 4/94)

    en Myanmar 4/94 Law March 31, 1994 Foreign investors, Forest policy and administration, Investment policy and regulations
    The Foreign and Citizens Investment Law aims to encourage foreign investment to mobilize the natural resources of the country and to promote development of technology.

  • Myanmar Forest Policy 1995

    en Myanmar Myanmar Forest Policy (1995) Policy November 3, 1992 Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    The policy document formalizes the commitment and intent of the Government in ensuring sustainable development of the forest resource both for environmental and economic purposes.