A group of Mekong experts are sharing their experiences in assessing the value of biodiversity and ecological services of the Mekong with researchers and policy makers in the basin of the Chindwin River, the largest tributary of Myanmar' longest river, the Ayeyarwady during the two-day workshop hosted by the Stockholm Environment Institute.

The government kicks off the enquiry into news that villages, forests and hills in Sagaing Region had been damaged because of gold exploration, said Kyaw Kyaw Win, deputy minister for the President's Office.