Myanmar: Banana Plantation Breaches Protected Forests

Mar 17, 2017 | Eleven
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Kachin State residents are reportedly seizing land from protected forests and selling it to Chinese entrepreneurs who want to grow tissue-culture bananas. An acre is reportedly sold for Ks500,000 (US$367). The people who claim to work for the Forestry Department take Ks250,000 from every deal, sources say.