Tag: Rare Earth Mining
Poisoned Rivers, Empty Promises: Environment Absent from Junta Election Campaigns
As political parties campaign for votes in Myanmar’s junta-organized election, critical environmental issues remain conspicuously absent from their platforms. Since the military coup, communities...
Toxic Rare Earth Mining Ravages Farmland and Threatens Livelihoods in Eastern...
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) reports that more than 40 acres of farmland have been destroyed downstream of rare earth mines in the...
Rare Earth Mining Booms in Golden Triangle After Myanmar Coup: SHRF
Rare earth mining in Mong Yawng Township, part of Myanmar’s Golden Triangle border region under the control of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA,...
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...
Rare Earth Mining Booms in UWSA Territory, Triggering Alarming Environmental Fallout
Rare earth mining in Mong Bawk Township, an area controlled by the United Wa State Army (UWSA), has increased eightfold over the past 10...
