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| Author: | SfEP [ Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Record gold prices lead to deforestation |
Record high prices for gold have driven a recent six-fold increase in deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon with damage that can be measured from space, according to a new study. Rates of forest clearance and imports of mercury, used to process gold ore by local, small-scale miners, were both found to increase with the rising international price of gold. Read more at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integra ... 252na1.pdf |
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| Author: | dorisliang [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Record gold prices lead to deforestation |
Yes,I agree with that. |
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