January 2023 - Reforestation Project Update
Fires, snakes and wildcats... Happy January from ACRE! Since our last report in October last year, we have left the monsoon rains behind...
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- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
October 2022 - Reforestation Project Update
Since our last report in early August, our effort to reforest 70 acres of degraded land around the village of Myinmethi (Shan State) has...
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- Aug 14, 2022
- 5 min
August 2022 - Reforestation Project Update
Over June and July, our team has dug out 37,000 large pits in the tough rocky soil of this year’s 70 acres (28 ha) target site around the...
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
June 2022 - Reforestation Project Update
On 1st May 2022, we pressed ahead with the ACRE project in Myanmar. Thanks to 18 participants who collectively committed US$64,000 to...
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- May 23, 2022
- 3 min
Timber: the incredible wealth of Myanmar's forests
With 658,000 km2, Myanmar is a large country, larger than France for example, and the largest continental landmass in South East Asia....
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- May 21, 2022
- 2 min
From deep jungles to desert: what happened to Myanmar's environment?
In 1948 Burma declared its Independence from the British Empire, and at the time over 70% of its territory was covered with forest. While...
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- May 19, 2022
- 3 min
Are tropical forests really so important?
Tropical forests cover only 6% of planet Earth, so why are they so important? With millions of hectares being destroyed by our human...
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