Burma (Myanmar) KENSRI Editor: Ananya Santhosh Country Editor: Country Asst

A Student Linkage Magazine E-Network Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL) Country : Burma (Myanmar) KENSRI Editor: Ananya Santhosh Country Editor: Country Asst. Editor SYMBOLS & SIGNIFICANCE Tiger Grey-peacock peasant Kick boxing National Flag National Animal National Bird National Sport National Emblem Pterocarpus Pterocarpus indicus National Flower National Tree Currency Coin Stamp Official language: The Burmese Current issue language is the official language The Internal conflict in Myanmar (also known as Burma) refers to a of Burma. series of insurgencies within Burma that began after the country became independent from the United Kingdom in 1948. The Capital: Naypyidaw is the capital conflict has been described as one of the world's "longest running city of Burma, also known as civil wars". Burma has a Buddhist majority. The Muslim minority in Burma. It is administered as the Burma are the descendants of Muslim immigrants from India Naypyidaw Union Territory, as (including what is now Bangladesh) and China (the ancestors of per the Constitution. On 6 Chinese Muslims in Burma came from the Yunnan province), as November 2005, the well as descendants of earlier Arab settlers and the recognised administrative capital of the Kamein minority and the Rohingya people, intermarried with local country was officially moved to a races of Burma. According to Human Rights Watch the Burmese Greenfield. government has denied citizenship to any Rohingya persons who cannot prove their ancestors settled in the country before 1823, Government: The President of the the beginning of British occupation of what is now Arakan State. Republic of the Union of Burma is the head of state and head of government of Burma and leads the executive branch of the Burmese government, and heads the Cabinet of Burma. Population: 53.26 million (2013) is the population of Burma Music with a cause Art Sports Leader Htin Kyaw born 20 July 1946) a Burmese politician and scholar who has been President of Myanmar since 2016. He is the first elected civilian to hold the office since the 1962 coup d'état. The second son of scholar Min Thu Wun, Htin Kyaw was born in Rangoon, Myanmar. After graduating from Rangoon University in 1968 and University of London in 1975, he worked in various positions in the education, planning and treasury ministries. Environmental Sustainability At the global scale and in the broadest sense sustainability and environmental management involves managing the oceans, freshwater systems, land and atmosphere, according to sustainability principles. Land use change is fundamental to the operations of the biosphere because alterations in the relative proportions of land dedicated to urbanization, agriculture, forest, woodland, grassland and pasture have a marked effect on the global water, carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles. Management of the Earth's atmosphere involves assessment of all aspects of the carbon cycle to identify opportunities to address human-induced climate change and this has become a major focus of scientific research because of the potential catastrophic effects on biodiversity and human communities. Ocean circulation patterns have a strong influence on climate and weather and, in turn, the food supply of both humans and other organisms. Learning from the past The history of Myanmar (also known as Burma) covers the period from the time of first- known human settlements 13,000 years ago to the present day. The earliest inhabitants of recorded history were a Tibeto-Burman-speakingpeople who established the Pyu city-states ranged as far south as Pyay and adopted Theravada Buddhism. Another group, the Bamar people, entered the upper Irrawaddy valley in the early 9th century. They went on to establish the Bagan Kingdom (1044–1287), the first-ever unification of the Irrawaddy valley and its periphery. The Burmese language and Bamar culture slowly came to replace Pyu norms during this period. .

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