Discover stories in Myanmar
Electrofishing Threatens A Rare Dolphin-Human Partnership
Myanmar’s river dolphins have learned to fish cooperatively with humans. But illegal electrofishing threatens this rare partnership.
Saving Myanmar’s Timber Elephants
Logging elephants are an incredible part of Myanmar’s history — but they’re also key to help reduce the negative impacts that logging can have on the forests.
Illegal Logging & Energy Shortages Pressure Myanmar’s Forests
Facilitated by organized crime, illegal logging threatens to destroy Myanmar’s forests. But a national energy crisis and the ensuing fuelwood demand pose an equal threat.
Deciding the Fate of Myanmar’s Forests
After decades of overharvesting, Myanmar’s forests teak are at a crisis point. But with recent political change comes great opportunity.
In Pictures: A Journey Through Myanmar’s Great Teak Forests
A week spent living and working in an active logging camp deep in some of Myanmar’s best remaining teak forests where people are working to save their most valuable natural resource, before it’s too late.
Poachers Are Killing Asian Elephants for Their Skin
Already besieged by habitat loss, Myanmar’s wild elephants face a new threat — poachers who hunt them for their skin.
