A Review of the Environmental Effects of Diamond Mining, Executive Summary (BHP Billiton, 1995)
Executive summary of a comprehensive review of environmental effects of diamond mining on aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial ecosystems, identifying potential impacts including water contamination, habitat destruction, and soil degradation, while noting that mitigation effectiveness cannot be assessed without monitoring data from operating mines.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Report
- Locations
- former Soviet Union, Canada
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic ecosystems, riparian ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, streamflow, nitrogen, phosphorus, nitrite, ammonia, diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, antifreezes, metals, salts, process chemicals, sedimentation, eutrophication, erosion, permafrost, dust, noise, habitat degradation, species abundance, toxicity
- Pages
- 2
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