Legalising commercial farming of rare species will undercut poachers, says Myanmar’s Forest Department, but conservationists expect the move to lead to increased demand.
BY Hein Thar
Volume 6, Issue 6
Conservationists fear moves to legalise the commercial breeding of rare species may boost demand for their products and encourage poaching
When the military enters the business arena, it needs to play by the same rules as everyone else.
BY Frontier
Activists have faced a barrage of criticism on social media over protests in support of peace and other causes.
A lack of job opportunities in Mon State has turned some migrants to smugglers in order to cross back into Thailand illegally.
BY Lawi Weng
Frustrated by a lack of reform, 11 activists are competing as independents in the election on behalf of workers and farmers.
BY Frontier
A group of Muslim candidates hopes to defy the community’s marginalisation by winning seats in the November election.
In Frontier’s first interview with Myanmar Yatai International Holding Group, the company said it wanted to be a model for Chinese investors.
BY Frontier
Myanmar needs to do much more to ensure responsible conduct by investors, and a National Action Plan could point the way forward.
BY Frontier
Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
BY Oliver Slow
Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.
BY Ben Dunant
The film industry was dealing with a huge backlog of movies and questions about box office takings and tax evasion. Then came COVID-19.
Frontier reporter Kyaw Lin Htoon recalls his coming-of-age, and reflects on the worrying state of journalism today.
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