As energy needs drive demand for minerals, forests face greater threats

Mongabay
Nov 11, 2020, 8:02 am178 pts
Mining and deforestation go hand in hand, with impacts that include displacement of species and pollution of water sources. A 2012 study attributed only 7% of global forest loss to mining, and the vast majority, nearly 73%, to subsistence farming and industrial agriculture such as cultivation of oil palms and…

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