Midcourse manoeuvres: community strategies and remedies for natural resource conflicts in Myanmar

This study forms part of a three-year study to scope the nature and extent of land use change in the three postcolonial Asian countries of India, Indonesia and Myanmar. It tries to understand how land use change has occurred throughout Myanmar and what its consequences on communities have been. Providing an overview of land governance and the extent of land use change in Myanmar, the study elaborates on the impacts on farmers’ and communities’ lives. Strategies employed and remedies sought for by the people affected by these land transformations are explored and discussed.

Author: Centre for Policy Research; Namati Environmental Justice Program

Publisher: Centre for Policy Research; Namati Environmental Justice Program

Language: English

Year: 2018

Location(s): Asia, Myanmar

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