Tiffany & Co. Foundation / Myanmar Gems Enterprise / Myanmar Gems Corporation / British East India Company / Myanmar Joint Venture VES Company / Burma Ruby Mines Ltd. / Water Environment Partnership / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Myanmar / Thailand / United States / China / Tibet / India / /
Event
Extinction / Environmental Issue / Bankruptcy / /
Facility
University of Vermont / Myanmar Joint Venture VES Company store / Gems Museum / /
IndustryTerm
gemstone mining rights / hand-held tools / gemstone mining / hereditary mining families / suitable site / river systems / machinery / final products / oil and gas / jade mining / large-scale gold mining / mechanized mining / gemstone mining activities / food / gold mining / ruby mining area / social systems / mechanized mining efforts / twin mining / artisanal mining / gemstone processing businesses / legalized mining operations / oil and gas exploration / largescale gold mining / martial law / mining / artisanal and small-scale gemstone mining / shadow networks / ruby mining areas / recent extensive mining / interested buyers / /
MusicAlbum
Jade / /
NaturalFeature
Irrawaddy River / Valley of Rubies / River Basins / Irrwaddy River / Irrawaddy / Andaman Sea / Mekong / Salween River / Salween / /
Organization
Ministry of Mines / State Peace and Development Council / University of Vermont / Mines DGSE Department of Geological Survey / Geological Survey & Mineral Exploration DM Department of Mines Geological Surveying and Mapping / National League for Democracy (NLD) / Co. Foundation / State Law and Order Restoration Council / MGE Acronym Department Responsibilities MO Ministers’ Office Cabinet / World Conservation Union / civil society / Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited / /
Person
Ruby Costs / Ruby Mining / Sally DeLeon / Saw Maung / DGSE DM / Ne Win / Aung San / Aung San Suu Kyi / Saleem H. Ali / Sally Dickinson DeLeon / DGSE DM ME / /
PoliticalEvent
parliamentary election / /
Position
Deputy Minister / regional king / MINISTER / military ruler / emperor / General / prince / King / leader / hunter / democratically elected leader / /
Artisanal Ruby Mining in Myanmar: Environmental and Social Impacts Sally Dickinson DeLeon, Summer 2007 This report was prepared as part of a master’s thesis on gemstone jewelry supply chains and their relationship to a