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Myanmar: ‘Anybody investing in the natural resource sector is, in essence, supporting the military’
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Myanmar: ‘Anybody investing in the natural resource sector is, in essence, supporting the military’
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
EIA’s Forests team has been working on the ground in Myanmar since the country began to emerge from under the shadow of brutal military dictatorship in 2011, exposing illegal timber trade and helping to provide the tools for meaningful reform of its natural resources sector – but all that changed with the coup on 1 February.
Faith Doherty, our Forests Campaigns Leader, and Alec Dawson, Forests Campaigner, give an overview of the situation and look at the implications for those seeking to import precious teak from the country.
Faith Doherty, our Forests Campaigns Leader, and Alec Dawson, Forests Campaigner, give an overview of the situation and look at the implications for those seeking to import precious teak from the country.
Released:
Mar 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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