China plundering natural resources in Burma

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China was variously described as plunderer and arch destroyer of Burma?s natural resources on the 38th World Environment Day today, by local people and environmental activists.Mindless logging and rampant mining in northern Burma by China for over two decades has led to widespread deforestation, pollution of rivers and land with Mercury used in gold mining. There is now varied ecological dysfunction that the country has to contend with. 060510-timber

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Kachin News Group (KNG)

Date of Publication: 

2010-07-07

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2010-09-20

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English

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