There are a lot of forests and mountains in Rakhine State; there are a lot of bamboos and woods in the State as well. With modern urbanization and developed housing styles make the traditional housing conditions obsolescent, replacing with modern designs of two- or three-storied buildings. But in villages, villas in a Rakhine style are still being made of woods, bamboos and dhani-thatched roofs. The Rakhine people build their traditional houses in Rakhine architectural features

A conference on “A Coffee for Peace and Biodiversity” was organized at the French National Assembly on Friday, 22 March 2019, launching a new line of high-quality coffee, Shan Mountain Coffee, by French coffee company Malongo under the patronage of President Mr. Richard errand of the National Assembly.

The gold bearing gravel beds are observed in the western part of Indawgyi Lake and around Maing Naung Village. Since 1987 local people are exploiting gold and platinum surrounding area of Maing Naung and Nam Yin Hka stream (Htun Win, 1991),

Since 2017 Myanmar Geosciences Society has been striving to establish National and Global Geoparks in Myanmar. There are about 10 potential areas, which are mainly based on Conservation areas of Forest Department, for upgrading Geopark.

Gum of Sterculia versicolor has been used across the world for some 100 years. In early 20th Century, Sterculia versicolor gum was used on a wider scale due to ingredient of it in tragacanth gum. Sterculia versicolor gum contains usable chemical properties more than tragacanth gum.

Present-day world is severely threatened with wars and natural disasters. Deforestation is one the basic factors for creating the occurrence of a natural disaster.