Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

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dc.creatorLaura J. Sonter
dc.creatorDiego Herrera
dc.creatorDamian J. Barrett
dc.creatorGillian l. Galford
dc.creatorChris J. Moran
dc.creatorBritaldo Silveira Soares Filho
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-18T21:22:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-09T01:31:18Z
dc.date.available2023-04-18T21:22:54Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-18
dc.description.sponsorshipCNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00557-w
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1843/52196
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
dc.relation.ispartofNature Communications
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.subjectAmazônia
dc.subjectMineração - Brasil
dc.subjectCiência do solo
dc.subject.otherSpatial modeling
dc.subject.otherSpatial patterns of change
dc.subject.otherImpacto de mineração
dc.titleMining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
dc.typeArtigo de periódico
local.citation.epage7
local.citation.issue1
local.citation.spage1
local.citation.volume8
local.description.resumoMining 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 mining-induced deforestation and investigate the aspects of mining operations, which most likely contribute. We find mining significantly increased Amazon forest loss up to 70 km beyond mining lease boundaries, causing 11,670 km2 of deforestation between 2005 and 2015. This extent represents 9% of all Amazon forest loss during this time and 12 times more deforestation than occurred within mining leases alone. Pathways leading to such impacts include mining infrastructure establishment, urban expansion to support a growing workforce, and development of mineral commodity supply chains. Mining-induced deforestation is not unique to Brazil; to mitigate adverse impacts of mining and conserve tropical forests globally, environmental assessments and licensing must considered both on- and off-lease sources of deforestation.
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-3986
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2192-7385
local.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-5281
local.publisher.countryBrasil
local.publisher.departmentIGC - DEPARTAMENTO DE CARTOGRAFIA
local.publisher.initialsUFMG
local.url.externahttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00557-w

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