6: A short but sweet glimpse
Research papers are a very involved process. The research gathering may sometimes even be the hardest part. For myself, it has been. While I have learned a lot about mining/gold mining in my search for information about how gold mining is impacting Suriname, I have also been thwarted at many a turn in my attempts at expanding my knowledge. Gold mining itself is a particularly heated topic, as some of the negative side effects on the environment and the people can be rather substantial. Conversely, there are a number of people who also benefit from gold mining. This can lead to a convoluted stew of information ranging from valid sources to biased buyers and investors preaching the value of gold and mining for it. Sifting through the muck can be quite challenging as sometimes even the biased sources do make valid points, and on top of that, not everyone feels the need to claim their work when they work for world wide corporations reporting...
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