2A-Mining



Mining causes deforestation in many ways. First of all, the process of mining releases many chemicals into the waterways of the rainforest. Cyanide and mercury can, and are often released into tributaries of the rainforest, killing the animals that live in and off of the water. The mining process also involves many explosions, which clear out land that is home to plant and animal species. The already poor soil is blown away, ending all plant life that can ever thrive there. As miners enter a rainforest, they create massive roadways that are needed to take all the materials into the rainforest. These roadways result in the cutting down of trees, and killing of wildlife that could possibly threaten the well being of the workers. And lastly, the miners bring in diseases to the rainforest when they come. And often times these diseases kill of whole indigenous tribes. The mining process kills natives, animals, and wildlife. And it spreads deadly chemicals into the pure ecosystem.
 * How Mining Causes Deforestation**

 

 Verde Potash is a mineral exploration and development company founded in 2005. The company is focused on the development of the Cerrado Verde project. Cerrado Verde is source of a potash rich rock from which Verde plans to produce a slow-release, non-chloride, multi-nutrient, fertilizer product. This company sets up mining projects in the Amazon causing deforestation.   **How can we help?**
 * 1 Company Involved in Mining Deforestation: **

  
 * One way to help put a stop to rainforest mining is to protest the companies that take part on it. Raising local awareness of the impact that these companies have can create bad image for them, which causes a drop in their popularity, and hopefully their productivity. Another thing to do is not buy the materials that are being mined for. Not buying things like gold will not give the company more money, and more reasons to go into the rainforest. If nobody is buying their product, they have no reason to do any mining in the rainforest. **
 * Rainforest Animals Affected by Mining **
 * Orangutan- ** Mining Deforestation cuts down trees and therefore the orangutan loses its home.
 * Piranha- **Mining Deforestation pollutes the water and rivers killing fish like the piranha.



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==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> ** The Rainforest Action Network is an organization who's base is in San Fransisco. They are devoted to raising public awareness about threats to the ecosystem, and focus heavily on the rainforest. RAN does their best to persuade public opinion about certain organizations and political leaders that harm the rainforest in any way. They take the action of making companies who do not chose to be environmentally friendly have a marketing nightmare, completely shifting the way the population views the business. In 1997, RAN forced the largest mining company in the world, British based RTZ, to leave their mining operations in Ecuador. ODIN, a Canadian company, was also forced to abandon their mining in the Ecuadorian rainforest **. ==