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Myanmar natural resources
![Myanmar Timber Exports Continue, Despite Western Sanctions: Report Myanmar Timber Exports Continue, Despite Western Sanctions: Report](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-08-051908.jpg)
Myanmar Timber Exports Continue, Despite Western Sanctions: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
According to the environmental advocacy group Forest Trends, much more can be done to strangle the junta's access to natural resource revenues.
![Coup Brings ‘Bad New Days’ to Myanmar’s Mining Communities Coup Brings ‘Bad New Days’ to Myanmar’s Mining Communities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-30-3.jpg)
Coup Brings ‘Bad New Days’ to Myanmar’s Mining Communities
By Daniel Combs
Myanmar’s military and ethnic armies are waging a war for control over the country’s natural resources – and the enormous profits that come with them.
![Myanmar’s Junta ‘Tightens Its Grip’ on Jade Billions: Report Myanmar’s Junta ‘Tightens Its Grip’ on Jade Billions: Report](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-30-3.jpg)
Myanmar’s Junta ‘Tightens Its Grip’ on Jade Billions: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
The military's control of the prized mineral will fuel further conflict and offer it an economic lifeline.
![The 'Resource War' in Kachin State The 'Resource War' in Kachin State](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1024px-kachin_independence_army_cadets_in_laiza_paul_vrieze-voa.jpg)
The 'Resource War' in Kachin State
By Eugene Mark
Myanmar's Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army are fighting for control of lucrative natural resources.
![Smuggling Away Myanmar’s Chance for Peace Smuggling Away Myanmar’s Chance for Peace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rtx1yvf2.jpg)
Smuggling Away Myanmar’s Chance for Peace
By Tom Fawthrop
Jade smuggling is fueling ethnic conflict in resource-rich Kachin state.
![Blood Teak: How Myanmar's Natural Resources Fuel Ethnic Conflicts Blood Teak: How Myanmar's Natural Resources Fuel Ethnic Conflicts](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-30_11-40-30.jpg)
Blood Teak: How Myanmar's Natural Resources Fuel Ethnic Conflicts
By Jay Benson
As long as the incentives to control natural resources remain, there is little hope for long-term peace in Myanmar
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