Hukaung Gold Mines
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 9:38AM
[chuck] in Hukaung Valley, Myanmar, Science, gold mines

There are several gold mines inside the Hukaung Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar (see Hukaung Valley Rattan Survey).  Aside from the questionable politics, shady partnerships, thorny social issues, and complex money trail involved, suffice it to say that ecologically this is a really bad idea.

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