Research for Change

The study was conducted in collaboration with local communities in examining whether Myanmar Auto Corporation Company(MAC) oil palm project has compiled with existing Myanmar laws, investigating the impacts of oil palm projects on environment and local...

ALARM altogether with 12 local organizations conducted the MSPP land grabbing study for about 18 months and the study aims to understand and highlight the social and environmental impacts caused by industrial oil palm expansion in Tanitharyi region of...

A research team from ALARM and Displacement solutions initiated a joint research project to assess the viability of establishing a land bank through two cases in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta and Paung township in Mon state. The study villages were Shwe Sar Yan...

The Environmental Report Card (ERC) is an instrument to outlook the state of the country’s natural resources and the environment in a participatory way based on people’s perception, and also to evaluate the performance of local authorities and government...

As part of the project titled “Enhancing Rural Livelihoods and Income Project(ERLIP)” implementing in Bokepyin of Tanitharyi region in collaboration with the Department of Rural Development(DRD) and the Asian Development Bank(ADB), ALARM with technical...

Municipal waste has become a serious issue in urban environmental management in mega cities like Yangon and Mandalay. It can be even worse because of improper waste management practices. Therefore, ALARM recruited an international expert to do waste audit...

ALARM is helping the small and medium enterprises (SME) in Monywa Insutrial Zone (MIZ) to establish a central waste water treatment plant to comply with the existing environmental regulations, through coordinating with national and international experts...

In January 2016, ALARM provided financial and technical supports to a student, who is doing a master’s degree at the Asian Institute of Technology to conduct her research on the gender impacts of rubber plantation in Lashio township, the Norther Shan...

ALARM has conducted altogether fourteen public opinion surveys for policy reform since the beginning of the URGE Program in 2012. These surveys included public opinion surveys on the performance of the president, the members of parliament, Hluttaw...