PINLEBU, Myanmar (AP) — The hills of northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the woods as a death ...

Deforestation has been trending upward in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar, with the area losing 6 percent of its tree cover in 14 years. Mines and new roads are among the threats to its ...

Between 1990 and 2015 Myanmar lost nearly 15 million hectares of forest and other wooded land. Approximately 527 mainly UN-led forest user groups manage around 40,000 hectares of in-country forest.

As Myanmar emerges from decades of upheaval and isolation, The New York Botanical Garden has launched an ambitious conservation and training program to document the country's remarkably rich plant ...

A Thai construction tycoon, who was caught poaching a rare black leopard last month, is now planning to build a highway through a pristine forest in Myanmar, according to a report. Myanmar's ...

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