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How to effectively address illegal gold mining - study

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 16, 2020 | 7:00 am Education Asia Gold 

A study by researchers at the National University of Singapore found that increased enforcement and the offer of an alternative agriculture-based livelihood are unlikely to deter illegal gold miners in Myanmar. "It is simply too profitable," they wrote in a...

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