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| Building an Eco-Just Society in Myanmar |
 Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is a resource-rich country with a strong agricultural base. It also has vast timber, natural gas, and fishery reserves and is a leading source of gems and jade. The most productive sectors will continue to be in extractive industries, especially oil and gas, mining, and timber with the latter especially causing environmental degradation. Building eco-justice in Myanmar is an urgent need.
Under the British administration and until the early 1960s, Myanmar was the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia. It was once the world's largest exporter of rice. While under the British rule, Myanmar supplied oil to the world through the Burma Oil Company. Myanmar also had a wealth of natural and labor resources. It produced 75% of the world’s teak and had a highly literate population. The country was believed to be on the fast track to development. But it is now one of the poorest nations in southeastern Asia, suffering from decades of stagnation, mismanagement and isolation. To read more, please visit the Zomi Online Library. http://zomilibrary.com/main/items/show/388 
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