TThis is an announcement to invite you to the CSEAS Colloquium for May 2016. Date & Time: Friday, May, 27, 2016, 16:00-17:30 Place: Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: Evolving Natural Resource Governance in Myanmar Speaker: Dr. Adam Simpson Abstract: The struggle between environmental protection and the exploitation of natural resources in Myanmar has historically been overwhelmingly skewed towards the latter. In many ways the avaricious depletion of Myanmar’s natural resources has only been limited by the capacity of the military state and its associated companies. In some ethnic minority areas conflict zones have reduced the opportunities for resource extraction while in others, [ Read More ]