Community Citizen Science for Risk Management of a Spontaneously Combusting Coal‐Mine Waste Heap in Ban Chaung, Dawei District, Myanmar
Abstract Since 2015, a large heap of improperly disposed coal‐mine waste in Ban Chaung, Dawei district, Myanmar, has repeatedly spontaneously combusted, affecting an indigenous community. Recently, the regional Myanmar government has compelled the mine to properly manage the mine waste heap, but the...
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| Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2020-06-01
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| Series: | GeoHealth |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000249 |