Ucanews.com reports on a seminar that addressed the potential impact of climate change in light of recent disasters in the country, such as the devastating cyclones Nargis and Giri in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Dr Htun Lwin, who serves as a consultant for Myanmar Climate Change Watch, said people of Myanmar have shown a greater awareness of changes in weather patterns in the country since then.
"We have planted more than 5,000 trees in Cyclone Nargis-affected areas in 2010, and with cooperation from Caritas Thailand we are going to conduct five seminars about Child-centered Disaster Risk Reduction in the Nargis-affected areas," said Alice Aye Aye Win, project director for Disaster Risk Reduction at Karuna Pathein, an affiliate of the Catholic social group Caritas.