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Opinion Papers
Neither free nor fair: What Myanmar’s ‘sham’ elections mean for the country and its neighbors
Source: Atlantic Council | By Rudabeh Shahid
Regardless of the outcome of the elections, Myanmar’s unraveling will continue to destabilize the region.
Air Pollution and Health Concerns in Myanmar
Source: The Sabai Times | By Dr Poe Poe
Severe air pollution in Yangon, driven by traffic, coal power, and weak regulation, has become a major public-health and social-justice crisis, threatening lives, livelihoods, and Myanmar’s sustainable development.
Costs of copper: Residents near mines suffer under junta’s heavy hand
Source: Frontier Myanmar | By Esther J
Chinese-run copper mines in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region have become a focal point of fighting between the military and anti-junta resistance forces
Kachin’s Contested Landscapes: Farming, Mining and the Double Bind of Survival
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.
NUG vows to protect Ayeyarwady River as China and junta pushes to restart dam project
Source: Burma News International | By Myitkyina Journal
The resistance-run NUG’s stance comes amid China’s push, in collaboration with the coup regime, to revive a long-stalled mega dam project in the Myitsone area, north of the river.