As Myanmar farmers lose their land, sand mining for Singapore is blamed By Sam Aung Moon , John Geddie and Poppy McPherson March 4, 2020 4:04 AM UTC Updated March 4, 2020 ...

Something is devouring one of Myanmar's longest rivers, the Salween. Villagers in the country's southeast depend on it for growing their rice paddy. But the entire ecosystem is threatened to ...

YANGON/SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) - From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields. Farmers ...

Sand mining has been blamed by scientists for damaging sensitive ecosystems around the world, accelerating coastal and riverine erosion, and exacerbating the frequency and severity of floods and ...

INSIGHT-As Myanmar farmers lose their land, sand mining for Singapore is blamed by Reuters Wednesday, 4 March 2020 02:49 GMT ...