The pods make a delicious coffee and the cattle like them too, but the tree sucks up groundwater and destroys biodiversity
Quick fixes are inadequate to prevent damage from gold mining’s legacy, but the long-term plan of treating AMD could relieve water shortages
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It is the result of the state’s failure to formalise artisanal mining as a livelihood strategy and the police’s inability or unwillingness to control