The status of primates and primatology in Myanmar

C Thompson, N Lwin, PP Aung, TH Aung… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Myanmar is one of the world's most biologically rich countries and has among the largest
contiguous intact forest landscapes in southeast Asia. Yet many of its ecosystems are highly …

Air pollution from forest and vegetation fires in Southeast Asia disproportionately impacts the poor

CL Reddington, L Conibear, S Robinson, C Knote… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forest and vegetation fires, used as tools for agriculture and deforestation, are a major
source of air pollutants and can cause serious air quality issues in many parts of Asia …

Double crop** and cropland expansion boost grain production in Brazil

J Xu, J Gao, HV de Holanda, LF Rodríguez… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Brazilian grain production increased more than fourfold from 1980 to 2016. The grain boom
was achieved primarily by soybean–corn double crop** and cropland expansion—both …

Myanmar's terrestrial ecosystems: Status, threats and conservation opportunities

NJ Murray, DA Keith, A Duncan, R Tizard… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Myanmar is highly biodiverse, with more than 16,000 plant, 314 mammal, 1131 bird, 293
reptile, and 139 amphibian species. Supporting this biodiversity is a variety of natural …

Analysis of forest deforestation and its driving factors in Myanmar from 1988 to 2017

R Yang, Y Luo, K Yang, L Hong, X Zhou - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Myanmar, abundant in natural resources, is one of the countries with high forest cover in
Southeast Asia. Along with its rapid socio-economic development, however, the construction …

Combining landscape patterns and ecosystem services to disclose ecosystem changes in tropical cropland-forest shifting zones: Inspiration from Mainland Southeast …

F Fan, W Li, Z Feng, Y Yang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
With forest degradation and Grain to Green Program in the tropics, cropland and forest
zones underwent frequent changes, becoming more vulnerable. However, the ecosystem …

Patterns and drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Myanmar

Z Naing Tun, P Dargusch, DJ McMoran, C McAlpine… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Myanmar is one of the most forested countries of mainland Southeast Asia and is a globally
important biodiversity hotspot. However, forest cover has declined from 58% in 1990 to 44 …

Integrating an abandoned farmland simulation model (AFSM) using system dynamics and CLUE-S for sustainable agriculture

W Song, D Yang, Y Wang - Agricultural Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Addressing the challenges of achieving United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal SDG2 is complex, especially considering the profound impacts of …

The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar: tracing land use regime shifts through participatory map**

JG Zaehringer, L Lundsgaard-Hansen… - Ecosystems and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Tropical forest landscapes are undergoing vast transformations. Myanmar was long an
exception to this trend–until recent policy reforms put economic development at the forefront …

Prevalence and diversity of avian Haemosporidians may vary with anthropogenic disturbance in tropical habitats in Myanmar

J Muriel, A Marzal, S Magallanes, L García-Longoria… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Avian malaria and related haemosporidians (genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and
Leucocytozoon) infect most clades of bird. Although these parasites are present in almost all …