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Mining and Critical Ecosystems: Mapping the Risks

Marta Miranda, Philip Burris, Jessie Froy Bincang, Phil Shearman, Jose Oliver Briones, Antonio La ViƱa, Stephen Menard

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  • Full text: Mining and critical ecosystems (635 Kb)
  • Executive summary (49 Kb)
  • Chapter 1. Introduction and background (69 Kb)
  • Chapter 2. The methodological framework (58 Kb)
  • Chapter 3. Mining in environmentally vulnerable areas (53 Kb)
  • Chapter 4. Mining in socially vulnerable areas (43 Kb)
  • Chapter 5. Natural hazards and mining (37 Kb)
  • Chapter 6. Other contributing factors (57 Kb)
  • Appendix 1. Mining and critical ecosystems methodology (41 Kb)
  • Appendix 1A. Detailed technical appendix (55 Kb)
  • Appendix 2. Background literature review (49 Kb)

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