Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Mining

• Tác giả: Kirsten Hund
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 276.75 Christianity in Africa Christian church in Africa
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 246030
• Chủ đề: 1. ABANDONED PITS; 2. ACID; 3. ACID MINE DRAINAGE; 4. ACTIVE MINES; 5. ALLOYS

Tóm tắt

 This report aims at providing stakeholders with a good analysis of the potential impacts of mining development on the Congo Basin forests. It is one of a series of outputs prepared during a two-year exercise to analyze and better understand the deforestation dynamics in the Basin. It presents the main findings of an analysis of the mining potential in the Congo Basin as well as the global trends in demand of minerals tries to identify ways to reconcile mining development and preservation of the Congo Basin forests. It is based on an in depth analysis of the sector. The report is structured as follows: first chapter gives an overview of the mineral wealth in the Congo Basin
  second chapter analyses the prospects for mining development in the Congo Basin
  Third chapter assesses the potential impact of mining developments on forests
  and the last chapter tries to identify ways to reconcile mining development and preservation of the Congo Basin forests.