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Gold mining in the tiger reserve of the 22,000 sq km Hukawng valley national park is expected to ta

Published by MAC on 2006-03-06

Gold mining in the tiger reserve of the 22,000 sq km Hukawng valley national park is expected to taper off next year, presumably because the resource will be exhausted, rather than out of any concern for the environmental damage caused by the dredging of creek beds and the cyanide leaching process. (Myanmar Times: 06-02-06)

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