Myanmar: Southern Myanmar’s Indigenous Groups Say the UN Should Scrap $21 Million Conservation Plan

Jun 3, 2020 | Skylar Lindsay, ASEAN Today
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Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region is among the most vibrantly biodiverse places in Asia. The southern tail of kite-shaped Myanmar, Tanintharyi encompasses hundreds of islands in the Myeik Archipelago, mangrove-lined coast, evergreen forests and the mountainous spine that forms the Thai-Myanmar border. But an alliance of local community groups in Tanintharyi is calling for the government and environmental organisations to drop plans for a US$21 million conservation project in the region.