Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

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 m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sonter, L., Herrera, D., Barrett, D., Galford, G., Moran, Chris, Soares-Filho, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Macmillan Publishers Limited 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61253