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Documenting conflict between commerce and conservation at a mining operation in Bangladesh
- March 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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A new study using multidecade satellite imagery and face-to-face human interviews tracked the environmental and societal impacts of gravel mining in the Lubha River, Northeast Bangladesh. The researchers found that the river had recovered its natural shape within just four years after gravel mining stopped. However, the local economy did not bounce back nearly as quickly.
Originally published at Phys.org