Mining in tropical regions : ecological impact and Dutch involvement

Complete Title:

Non IUCN Publication

Author(s):

Organization(s):

IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands

Abstract:

Examines the environmental impact of mining and the mineral industry, with a special emphasis on tropical forests. Two cases are described in detail, the Carajás area in Brazil and the Mt Nimba iron ore project on the border of Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa. The report also looks into the environmental cost of Dutch mineral trading and the Dutch involvement in mineral project in rainforest areas.

Imprint:

Amsterdam : Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 1996

Physical Description:

72p. : ill.

Publication Year:

1996

ISBN:

90-75909-02-0

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references. Document partly translated in Spanish and adapted to the Central American situation published in 1999 : Mineria el trópico : el caso de Centroamérica (IUCN, 1999, 019)