Farmers dig in for a fight
People are fighting a plantation company threatening protected forests and a tiger reserve in northern Burma's Hugawng Valley
In defiance of Burma's ruling military junta, farmers in the northern state of Kachin are fighting a plantation company they fear will destroy their land and livelihoods.
The farmers accuse the Yuzana Company of large-scale destruction of forest in the Hugawng Valley, an area that also happens to comprise the world's largest tiger reserve.
The Yuzana Company conglomerate, whose chief Htay Myint is said to be close to Burma's military rulers, was given the licence to operate plantations in the Hukawng Valley in 2007.
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