Myanmar : : the state, community and the environment / / Monique Skidmore, Trevor Wilson (editors).

• TeilnehmendeR: Wilson, Trevor,; Skidmore, Monique,
• Place / Publishing House: Canberra : : ANU Press,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 pages)

Despite deteriorating economic and developmental conditions, worsening environmental problems, and troubles arising from the unresolved status of its ethnic minorities, Myanmar seems no closer to a political resolution. Myanmar€™s economy continues to stagnate, with severe implications for its people. Low levels of international assistance have exacerbated the situation. Myanmar€”the state, community and the environment examines the missed opportunities by government and opposition groups to find a way out of the political impasse and improve the standard of living of the people of Myanmar. This collection provides insights into the country€™s economic development, in particular the vital rice-marketing sector and the attempts to expand existing industrial zones. It focuses, for the first time, on Myanmar€™s environmental governance with in-depth case studies, and on the increasing need for effective environmental protection and sustainability.

Table of Contents

Myanmar -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Editors' note -- Introduction -- 1 The political situation in Myanmar -- 2 A Burmese perspective on prospects for progress -- 3 Of kyay-zuand kyet-su: the military in 2006 -- 4 Conflict and displacement in Burma/Myanmar -- 5 Foreign policy as a political tool: Myanmar 2003-2006 -- 6 Myanmar's economy in 2006 -- 7 Transforming Myanmar's rice marketing -- 8 Industrial zones in Burma and Burmese labour in Thailand -- 9 Environmental governance in the SPDC's Myanmar -- 10 Environmental governance of mining in Burma -- 11 Spaces of extraction.