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Kachin’s Contested Landscapes: Farming, Mining and the Double Bind of Survival

by Admin | Jan 9, 2026 | Opinion Papers, Resource Extraction

Source: Transnational Institute | Commentary by Lahkyen Roi

Amidst conflict and military misrule, one of the most devastating impacts has been ‘land grab’ as local people are displaced and outside interests rush in to seize natural resources and set up exploitative industries that cause grave environmental damage.

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