Mining tana share fiye da mine kanta — hidden forest loss a kewaye da extraction
Wani Nature study na mine clusters 16,627 a sub-Saharan Africa ya gano mining a dense forests ta haifar da kusan hectares 187,000 na direct deforestation daga 2001 zuwa 2020, amma larger story offsite ne. Bayan shekaru goma, deforestation within 1 km ta kasance maki 8 sama a 0–100 scale fiye da unmined areas, effects kuma har 20 km. A five-year calculation, kowane hectare da mine ta clear directly ya associate da 33.9 additional hectares offsite. Wannan ba ya nufin energy transition bad ne; yana nufin mineral supply chains suna da geography da forest costs fiye da pit.