Not There Yet: Burma’s Fragile Ecosystems Show Challenges for Continued Progress

Apr 21, 2014 | Tim Kovach
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Political and economic changes in Burma have been as rapid as they are surprising. In just three years, the country has gone from an isolated military dictatorship to a largely open country that is at least semi-democratic and has formally adopted a market economy. But the transition to an open and free state is far from finished and continued progress far from inevitable as the country’s tattered ecosystems show.