Not everyone benefitted from the gold rush in Bombana, of course. Mercury contamination and massive erosion led to high levels of river water turbidity, heavy sedimentation and localised flooding in the main waterways. These impacts are destructive, environmental legacies for affected farmers, fishers and multiple downstream communities.
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