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[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00557-w by Laura J. Sonter 18/10/17 nature communications] | [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00557-w by Laura J. Sonter 18/10/17 nature communications] | ||
Mining poses significant and potentially underestimated risks to tropical forests worldwide. In Brazil’s Amazon, mining drives deforestation far beyond operational lease boundaries, yet the full extent of these impacts is unknown and thus neglected in environmental licensing. Here we quantify mining-induced deforestation and investigate the aspects of mining operations, which most likely contribute. | Mining poses significant and potentially underestimated risks to tropical forests worldwide. In Brazil’s Amazon, mining drives deforestation far beyond operational lease boundaries, yet the full extent of these impacts is unknown and thus neglected in environmental licensing. Here we quantify mining-induced deforestation and investigate the aspects of mining operations, which most likely contribute. | ||
=====Norway hits the brakes on mining the Arctic Ocean — for now===== | |||
[https://grist.org/oceans/norway-hits-the-brakes-on-mining-the-arctic-ocean-for-now/ by | |||
Gautama Mehta 13/12/25 Grist] | |||
Over the last decade and a half, deep-sea mining has captured worldwide attention as a potential source for minerals like manganese, nickel, and cobalt that are needed to make electric vehicle batteries and other technology in support of the global energy transition. | |||
