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

    en Myanmar 8/92 Law November 3, 1992 Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    This Law is called the Forest Law

  • Minimum Wages Act, 2013 (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7)

    en Myanmar 7/2013 Law March 22, 2013 Laws and regulations, Minimum wage
    To meet with the essential needs of the workers, and their families, who are working at the commercial, production and service, agricultural and livestock breeding businesses an...

  • The Social Security Law, 2012 (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 15)

    en Myanmar The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 15 Law August 31, 2012 Social security and veterans policy and administration

    This dataset has no description


  • The Leave and Holidays Act, 1951 (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 58)

    en Myanmar No. 58 Law January 1, 1952 Laws and regulations

    This dataset has no description


  • Burma’s New Labor Law: Built to Fail or Shifting Toward Democracy?

    en Myanmar Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Michelle Chen 2011 Labor policy and administration, Labor rights and labor unions NGOs, Laws and regulations
    Burma has long been known as a black hole for human rights. But the new leadership of the military junta hopes to shed its pariah image by loosening its oppressive policies. And...

  • The Factories Act 1951 (Act No. 65/1951)

    en Myanmar No. LXV of 1951 Law Forest policy and administration, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber, Manufacturing policy and regulation

    This dataset has no description


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

    en Myanmar No. 7 of 2011 Law October 11, 2011 Labor, Labor policy and administration, Laws and regulations, Worker rights
    The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hereby enacts this law, in accord with section 24 of the constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, to protect the rights of the workers, to ha...

  • Myanmar balances forestry exports with preservation

    en Myanmar Archived web content Oxford Business Group Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    The forestry sector has been vitally important to Myanmar. When the country was isolated by sanctions, the selling of logs and wood helped bring in desperately needed hard curre...

  • Global Forest Resources Assessment 2016: Country Report - Myanmar

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Dr. Myat Su Mon and Mr. Aung Aung Myint 2015 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...

  • Synergies Among Social Safeguards in FLEGT and REDD+ in Cameroon

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Yitagesu T. Tegegne, Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen, Kalame... 2016 Deforestation drivers, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    This paper presents (i) a comparison of the social safeguards of the FLEGT-VPA and REDD+ processes and an explanation of their commonalities and differences, and (ii) an explora...

  • Gateway to International Timber Trade

    en Myanmar Archived web content European Timber Trade Federation 2016 Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    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...

  • Addressing Forest Governance Challenges in the Greater Mekong Region

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Issue and policy briefs Voices for the Mekong Forests 2018 Forests and forestry, Logging and timber
    RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests, working with civil society partners as part of the European Union funded Voices for the Mekong Forests (V4MF) project, is seeking to...

  • The Role of Social Safeguards in Addressing Forest Governance in FLEGT and REDD+

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Celina (Kin Yii) Yong, UN-REDD 2018 Forest industry, Forest policy and administration, International laws and treaties , Laws and regulations, Logging and timber
    This presentation seeks to demonstrate how social safeguards can provide opportunities to address the forest governance challenges faced by FLEGT and REDD+. It discusses the imp...

  • Forest Watch Special: FLEGT VPA Update June 2018

    en Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Fern 2018 Climate change, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    This update discusses the importance of protecting forest resources through robust efforts rooted in broader strategies linked to the European Union's development and climate po...

  • The Environmental Conservation Law 2012 (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 9/2012)

    en Myanmar 9/2012 Law March 30, 2012 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Forest policy and administration, Laws and regulations, Logging and timber

    This dataset has no description


  • CSO's View on FLEGT VPA Process in Myanmar: Challenges and Opportunities

    en Myanmar Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations Kyaw Htun 2018 Deforestation drivers, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    This presentation provides forestry sector updates and an overview of forestry issues and forest governance issues in Myanmar, such as land tenure and transparency. The presenta...

  • Assessing Civil Society Participation in REDD+ and FLEGT: Case Study Analysis of Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and the Republic of Congo

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Poshendra Satyal 2017 Civil society, Civil society coalitions and cooperation, Forest protection, Logging and timber
    This report presents findings from an assessment study on the quality of participation of civil society actors in REDD+ and FLEGT voluntary partnership agreement processes in fo...

  • FLEGT and REDD+ Synergies and Impacts in the Congo Basin: Lessons for Global Forest Governance

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne 2016 Deforestation drivers, Forest protection, Logging and timber
    This document provides the results of a study on the synergies and impacts of FLEGT and REDD+ in the Congo Basin countries. The results point to the conclusion that fundamental ...

  • Linking FLEGT and REDD+ Processes in Practice

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Issue and policy briefs Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne, Marcus Lindner 2014 Deforestation drivers, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber
    The European Union’s FLEGT Action Plan – which aims to reduce trade in illegal timber -, and REDD+ constitute two recent international forest regimes. Since the aims of the regi...

  • Green Desert: Communities in Tanintharyi Renounce the MSPP Oil Palm Concession 2016

    en Myanmar Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Tarkapaw, TRIP NET, Southern Youth, Candle Light, Khaing Myae... 2016 Ethnic minorities and indigenous people, Logging and timber, Palm oil
    This report argues that the Myanmar Stark Prestige Plantation (MSPP) case highlights the environmental and social risks of oil palm expansion in Myanmar and advocates that the G...