Environmental Impacts of Mining – Shan State, Myanmar

Myanmar coal mining ‘causing environmental disasters’                            (Rob MCBRIDE, Al Jazeera News; 4 December 2018)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/myanmar-coal-mining-causing-environmental-disasters-181204170321013.html

Selected Research Articles:

The impact of gold mining and agricultural concessions on the tree cover and local communities in Northern Myanmar  (PAPWORTH et al., 2017)

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46594.pdfhttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep46594.pdf

Integrated Water Resources Management in Myanmar – Preliminary Report (MJELDE et al., 2017)

https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2449892/7163-2017.pdf?sequence=1

Assessment of Mining Extent and Expansion in Myanmar Based on Freely-Available Satellite Imagery (LAJEUNESSE CONNETTE et al., 2016)

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/11/912/pdf

• Supplementary Material (LAJEUNESSE CONNETTE et al., 2016)

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/11/912/s1

Poison Clouds:  Lessons from Burma’s largest Coal project in Tigyit            (PYO, 2011)

http://burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/PoisonClouds.pdf

Map:

Physiography of Myanmar  (Image retrieved from ZAW et al., 2017)

Chapter 1 – Introduction to the geology of Myanmar (ZAW et al., 2017)

http://mem.lyellcollection.org/content/memoirs/48/1/1.1.full.pdf

Websites:

Tigyit Coal Mine and Power Plant, Shan State, Myanmar                              (Environmental Justice Atlas)

https://ejatlas.org/conflict/tigyit-coal-power-plant-shan-state-myanmar

Mon Len gold mining, Shan State, Myanmar                                                      (Environmental Justice Atlas)

https://ejatlas.org/conflict/mon-len-gold-mine-killings-shan-state-myanmarhttps://ejatlas.org/conflict/mon-len-gold-mine-killings-shan-state-myanmar