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Deforestation Threatens Burma's Breadbasket

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Nov 19, 2011
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Part of Burma’s breadbasket in the country's center is fast deteriorating and the area may face greater food insecurity without immediate action, local NGOs are warning.

"If we [wait], it will be too late and too hard to rehabilitate," said Aung Myint, general-secretary of the Renewable Energy Association Myanmar, which calls on residents in the dry zone…

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