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Library Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Mining

Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Mining

Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Mining

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Date of publication
января 2014
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oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/16617

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.

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Hund, Kirsten
Megevand, Carole
Gomes, Edilene Pereira
Miranda, Marta
Reed, Erik

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