Mining is land based, as are all the major industries on the West Coast - agriculture, tourism, forestry, fisheries.
Mining means taking things from the ground. There is no way around this. Our ancestors homo habilis began using stone tools about 2.6 million years ago. Aside from some animal and plant products - skins, furs, wood, flax ropes etc. - almost every daily article we use for survival, convenience, and comfort is derived from a mineral. Those plant and animal products are all harvested and made usable by modern industry which would be impossible without minerals.
The question is how to source these in a way that is beneficial to New Zealand's plant and animal species, and while doing our bit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the global fight against climate change.
Mining means taking things from the ground. There is no way around this. Our ancestors homo habilis began using stone tools about 2.6 million years ago. Aside from some animal and plant products - skins, furs, wood, flax ropes etc. - almost every daily article we use for survival, convenience, and comfort is derived from a mineral. Those plant and animal products are all harvested and made usable by modern industry which would be impossible without minerals.
The question is how to source these in a way that is beneficial to New Zealand's plant and animal species, and while doing our bit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the global fight against climate change.
Mining and New Zealand's biodiversity crisis
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Mining and climate change
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Contact us
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Minerals West Coast Trust
Manager: Patrick Phelps Phone: 021 238 6846 Email: manager@mwc.org.nz |
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