River & Inland Waters
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Bago River Awareness Raising started gathering tons of audiences
Public awareness and inclusiveness of local community are the characteristics of improvement signatures in building sustainable development. Besides, it is uneasy to make local people attractive to participate in one campaign. I reached out one of the public awareness campaigns organized by Forest Department Bago Region, Embassy of Norway and The Norwegian Institution for Water Research…
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Reflections and personal experiences during 3-day training course of user-friendly application – RainMyanmar
On December 5-7, I went to the satellite-based remote sensing training at Yangon Technological University (YTU). The training course is for 3 days and is organised by FutureWater, VanderSat and HKV companies, organized in partnership with TU Delft and within the “Leapfrogging Delta Management in Myanmar” program. So that’s interesting.…
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River Flood Analysis and Modelling – Interview with Myanmar Delegates
Participants of the short course IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water facility in the world. The institute offers not only master and PhD Programs but also short courses. Among what is offered, we would like to do an interview series with IHE-Delft Short Course…
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Urban Water Logistics for a Greater Yangon Program (UWLY) Water Roadmap 2018-2021 Workshop
Introduction Launch of PIB program A series of activities to support Yangon Region Government (YRG) in tackling urban water and logistics challenges of Yangon have been done within nine months after the launch of Urban Water Logistics for a Greater Yangon program (UWLY). On 23rd of July, the UWLY consortium…
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Make the In-visible Visible – The Salty Taste of Climate Change
U Saw Mu Lei, a 57-year-old indigenous farmer, who lives in Amar Township Saltwater intrusion caused largely by climate change is pushing indigenous farmers in the lower Ayeyarwady Delta region and surrounding coastal area to migrate to higher land in the upper Ayeyarwady Delta and abandoned their professions. By KYAW…
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Promoting Satellite-based River Morphological Change Monitoring System in Myanmar
14 DEC 2019 – There are four mandates related to river management: first is to utilize the rivers waters for domestic use and agriculture year-round, secondly to cooperate with other organizations in demarcation of dangerous water levels, thirdly to protect against river bank erosion and flooding and last but not least…
