February 14,
2018
The MPs of
Amyotha Hluttaw debated the depleting environmental resources in Myanmar at the
Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday, and urged the union government to provide protection
to the country’s natural resources.
The debate
focused on the preservation of the country’s natural resources as a national
duty, submitted by MP U Pe Chit of the Yangon region constituency (9) to the
Hluttaw. In his discussion, U Khin Myo Win of the Taninthayi Region
constituency (12) pointed out that five factories in Myeik, Taninthayi Region,
are using some 300 tonnes of fingerlings a day to produce chicken and duck
feed, and they were also using some 20,000 tonnes of firewood every year to run
the factories.
“Short-term and
long-term plans are required to save millions of fingerlings that are being
used to produce feed,” said U Khin Myo Win. Six MPs also participated in the
discussion. Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
U Ohn Win explained the measures adopted by the ministry, pledging that the
extraction of natural resources would be conducted with accountability and
responsibility towards sustainable development.
In response to
the motion, the union minister also acknowledged that the natural resources of
the country need to be conserved. To implement the tasks prescribed in the
Environmental Conservation Law, the union government formed a national-level
body for environmental conservation, headed by Vice President U Myint Swe, as
well as work committees and region/state supervisory committees for
environmental conservation that were formed on 2 June 2016, he said. The union
minister also called for cooperation from all sectors, including government,
non-government organisations, region/state governments and local people, to
ensure environmental conservation is a success, and urged the Hluttaw to put
the motion on record. The motion was passed by 92 votes to 82, with four
abstentions.
Aye Aye Thant
(Myanmar News
Agency)
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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