LEFT CONTEXT KEY-WORD RIGHT CONTEXT with natural gas and timber exports. Mining projects are causing considerable damage to the environment and to people’s livelihoods. Jadeite mining in particular seems to be out of control. Foreign investor interest in Myanmar’s mining sector is intense, which suggests that the problem is likely to get worse.The Than Shwe government systematically exploited Myanmar’s natural resources for sale t foreign companies to form joint ventures with the state-owned telephone and internet companies.In its early months the Thein Sein administration made clear its commitment to enacting a new Foreign Investment Law. A draft was submitted to the legislature toward the end of 2011, but the first session of the legislature in 2012 ended without a consensus text. Though passing the new law appears to be a to