Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots

Mongabay
Sep 15, 2025, 10:53 am113 ptsTrending
Myanmar’s Kachin state, near the border with China, is a global hub for rare earth minerals. But the dearth of regulations over mining these resources has come at a steep cost to the area’s subtropical and moist forests, according to researchers and satellite imagery collected by Mongabay. Civil society…

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Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots

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