Sand Extraction In Yangon River
Exploring Sand-Mining in Yangon, Myanmar: Status, Regulations and Im… myanmar-responsiblebusinessDoes the Yangon River have emergent sandbars?The Yangon River has …
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Over-extraction of Groundwater reacts to water level …
Sands, sand rock, soft sandstones, shale, clays, and laterite of Irrawaddy formation occur along the central part of Yangon except for the downtown area, southern region. The compact …
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'Our land is collapsing around us': Ayeyarwady at risk from …
Irresponsible sand mining in the Ayeyarwady River is destroying the livelihoods of farmers and fishers and placing environmental stress on the nation's rice bowl. By HEIN KO …
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Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River at risk from rampant …
In Myanmar, unless it is sustainably managed, sand mining could starve the delta of precious sediment and endanger both the river's ecosystems and the 34 million people who live in its basin. Ko Htain Lin scrambles down a …
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River Sand Extraction in Myanmar
Approximately 10 million tonnes of gravel and sand a year are reportedly extracted from Ayeyarwady River sites for construction. This is believed to be a gross underestimate of …
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(PDF) A Monitoring System of Sand Mining in …
Sand mining by dredges and barges (extraction of sand and secondarily gravel) in South East Asian rivers, including illegal sand mining, has become rampant, and a monitoring system is...
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There are river bank erosion areas about 7 miles long which is situated between Thaungkhone village and Kwinwine village at the west bank of Yangon river, Yangon Division. Regarding to the erosion, there are sand deposition, moving …
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An Analytical Approach to Sustainable Beneficial Use of …
Yangon Port is the primary maritime transport to international trades through Yangon river waterway. High rate of sediment deposition in a confluence of rivers, namely an …
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As Myanmar Farmers Lose Land to Erosion, Sand …
YANGON/SINGAPORE—From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, U Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields. "This used to be my land," said the 51 …
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Exploring Sand-Mining in Yangon, Myanmar: Status, …
understanding of sand-mining activities by focusing on the sand consumption rate of the capital, Yangon Division and b) the current regulatory framework and c) outline the main environmental and social impacts associated with sand mining.
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