'Make it safer': Calls grow to reform Myanmar's deadly jade trade

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Fuelled by insatiable demand for jade, mines have been turned into deadly moonscapes of mud. FMTNews Myanmar

People pull a green plastic that shrouds a recovered body from a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin in July.

Two of his friends were less lucky, among the victims of the under-regulated, notoriously corrupt, multi-billion-dollar industry that exploits the most vulnerable. It is calling for a stop to large-scale mining, regulation of waste dumping and environmental protection laws with “real punishments” for those who violate them.The once-stunning mountains of Myanmar’s Hpakant township have been destroyed beyond recognition.

Deforestation is near absolute, while diverted water flows mean the local Uyu river now breaks its banks even more frequently.

 

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