Tag: Environmental Degradation
Floods and Debt Push Inle Region Farmers to the Brink
Weeks of relentless rainfall since June 10 have submerged thousands of acres of farmland in the Inle region of Nyaungshwe Township, southern Shan State,...
Gold Mining Expansion Under MNDAA Spurs Protests, Evictions in Shan State
A gold mining project backed by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), also known as the Kokang Army, has triggered community protests and...
Rubies, Gold, and Guns: Mining Drives War and Environmental Collapse in...
In the misty highlands of northern Shan State, the once-lush fairways of Mogok’s golf course, a local landmark in the fabled "Ruby Land", have...
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS EXTRACTIONS: Kachin, Shan states and resources allocation
It is becoming quite evident that the political landscape in Burma or Myanmar isn't just a plain struggle of ethnic-democratic, anti-junta forces against the...
Floodwaters and Gold: How Disaster and Extraction Collide on the Thai-Myanmar...
From the sandbagged banks of the Sai River, the scene across to Myanmar is one of quiet devastation. Red tin roofs and crumbling storefronts...
