The removal of the world's tree cover remains a concern but deforestation rates are slowing, says the UN report

FAO and the Swedish-based development cooperation organization We Effect have agreed to work together to strengthen small-scale forest and farm producers' organizations in developing countries so t

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a 3- million-U.S. dollar aid for Myanmar's flood relief efforts, an official report said Thursday.

Hakha town, the capital of Chin state in Myanmar's remote northern area, will be relocated due to destruction by landslides, local media reported on Tuesday.

Close to one million people have been affected and more than 100 killed in floods in Myanmar as on Sunday (9 August), with many low-lying areas in the southwestern delta still inundated.

YANGON, Aug.

The European Commission is providing emergency support to Myanmar and Bangladesh following floods and mudslides in both the countries.

The United Nations announced Wednesday its plans to reach 200,000 with emergency food aid in flood-affected Myanmar, which was recently hit by flooding caused by heavy rains and monsoon.

Residents of Myanmar's low-lying delta region were bracing on Wednesday as flood waters from the north of the country began to flow into the area, pushing river levels dangerously high.

A death toll of 27 from flooding across Myanmar was expected to rise as rescue workers struggled on Monday to reach some of the hardest-hit and most remote inundated areas, officials said.

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