Search Results - "Saw Htun"
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Simulating the impact of Belt and Road initiative and other major developments in Myanmar on an ambassador felid, the clouded leopard, Neofelis nebulosa
Published in Landscape ecology (01-03-2020)“…Context After decades of political and economic isolation, Myanmar is now the focus of large international investments, particularly from China, which raises…”
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Political transition and emergent forest-conservation issues in Myanmar
Published in Conservation biology (01-12-2017)“…Political and economic transitions have had substantial impacts on forest conservation. Where transitions are underway or anticipated, historical precedent and…”
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Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate: A Review of Threats and Implications for Conservation Planning in Myanmar
Published in Ambio (01-11-2013)“…High levels of species richness and endemism make Myanmar a regional priority for conservation. However, decades of economic and political sanctions have…”
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Effectiveness of oral health education on 8- to 10-year-old school children in rural areas of the Magway Region, Myanmar
Published in BMC oral health (02-01-2021)“…Oral diseases are common and widespread around the world. The most common oral diseases are preventable, and early onset is reversible. Myanmar faces many…”
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Predicting biodiversity richness in rapidly changing landscapes: climate, low human pressure or protection as salvation?
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-12-2020)“…Rates of biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia are among the highest in the world, and the Indo-Burma and South-Central China Biodiversity Hotspots rank among…”
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Dramatic cropland expansion in Myanmar following political reforms threatens biodiversity
Published in Scientific reports (08-11-2018)“…Effective conservation planning needs to consider the threats of cropland expansion to biodiversity. We used Myanmar as a case study to devise a modeling…”
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Dry-season habitat occupancy by ungulate tiger prey in the Hukaung Valley of northern Myanmar
Published in Tropical zoology (07-09-2023)“…We assessed habitat occupancy and distribution of principal tiger (Panthera tigris) ungulate prey species to assess factors affecting their occurrence and…”
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Economics of conservation law enforcement by rangers across Asia
Published in Conservation letters (01-05-2023)“…Biodiversity targets, under the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, prioritize both conservation area and their effectiveness. The effective…”
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Investigating Carnivore Guild Structure: Spatial and Temporal Relationships amongst Threatened Felids in Myanmar
Published in ISPRS international journal of geo-information (01-12-2021)“…The co-occurrence of felid species in Southeast Asia provides an unusual opportunity to investigate guild structure and the factors controlling it. Using…”
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Comparison of point transect distance and traditional acoustic point‐count sampling of hoolock gibbons in Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar
Published in American journal of primatology (01-12-2020)“…Effective conservation demands more accurate and reliable methods of survey and monitoring of populations. Surveys of gibbon populations have relied mostly on…”
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Multi-scale habitat modelling identifies spatial conservation priorities for mainland clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa)
Published in Diversity & distributions (01-10-2019)“…Aim Deforestation is rapidly altering Southeast Asian landscapes, resulting in some of the highest rates of habitat loss worldwide. Among the many species…”
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Hunting, Livelihoods and Declining Wildlife in the Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, North Myanmar
Published in Environmental management (New York) (01-08-2010)“…The Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, North Myanmar and three contiguous protected areas, comprise some of the largest expanses of natural forest remaining in…”
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Hunting for a Living: Wildlife Trade, Rural Livelihoods and Declining Wildlife in the Hkakaborazi National Park, North Myanmar
Published in Environmental management (New York) (01-07-2011)“…Hunting is a threat to wildlife within the Hkakaborazi National Park in north Myanmar. We used questionnaire surveys to obtain data on variables such as…”
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Seeing the Big‐ to Fine‐Grained Picture: Exploring the Baseline Status of Mammal Occupancy Across Myanmar Using Scale‐Optimised Modelling
Published in Diversity & distributions (01-11-2024)“…ABSTRACT Aim Myanmar, an Indo‐Burmese biodiversity hotspot, lacks baseline data on species occurrence and distribution. This hinders biodiversity monitoring…”
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Large carnivores as potential predators of sun bears
Published in Ursus (International Association for Bear Research and Management) (09-01-2020)“…Sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) have a wide distribution in Southeast Asia, but little is known about their natural predators. During a camera-trap survey in…”
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