Gold miners work near Indawgyi Lake, in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Township, in 2019. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

The price of Indawgyi’s gold

For communities living around Kachin State’s Indawgyi Lake, small-scale gold mining is a vital source of income, but it is taking a toll on the lake’s ecosystem.

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