Niobium mining in Brazilian Amazon would cause significant forest loss: Study

Mongabay
Jul 24, 2020, 11:31 am220 pts
An industrial mining operation in Brazil. Note the forest at the edge of the open pit mine. Photo credit: Norsk Hydro ASA via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA As President Jair Bolsonaro pushes for an expansion of industrial mining on indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon, a recent study found that proposals for…

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