In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar - Yale E360

With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury, destroying riverbanks and farmland, and disrupting the traditional way of life of the region’s ethnic groups.

Topic - Environmental Justice - Yale E360

Topic - Small-scale farming - Yale E360

Illegal Rare Earth Mines on China Border Multiply Since Myanmar's Coup

PDF) “Water in One Hand, Fire in the Other:” Coping with Multiple Crises in Post-coup Burma/Myanmar

U Ne Win, Myanmar General & Dictator of 1962-1988

Sponsor Handbook, PDF, Ben Bernanke

Topic - Endangered Species - Yale E360

In the wake of coup, gold mining boom is ravaging Myanmar

Topic - Endangered Species - Yale E360