4 Countries Harbor 80% of the World’s Deforestation Caused by Industrial Mining

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By Olivia RosaneSep 13, 2022, 10:59 pm292 pts
While more than 70 percent of deforestation worldwide is linked to agriculture, this isn’t the only threat faced by the world’s tropical forests. Another threat is industrial mining, and this could grow in significance as demand for rare-earth minerals rises due to the clean energy transition. That’s…

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