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.

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

Topic - Endangered Species - Yale E360

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

Topic - Endangered Species - Yale E360

Topic - Water - Yale E360

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

Possible impact of Myanmar coup on China's metal and rare earth supply

Eleven Gold Panners Killed as Myanmar Military Bombs KNU-Controlled Area

Environmental Issues - Nu Nu Lusan

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

Topic - Small-scale farming - Yale E360

Topic - Small-scale farming - Yale E360

Topic - Environmental Justice - Yale E360