After the gold rush: vertebrate communities in abandoned gold mines and implications for restoration

淘金热之后：废弃金矿中的脊椎动物群落及其对恢复的影响

• 批准号: 2616954
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2616954
• 关键词: After; gold; rush; vertebrate; communities

Gold mining has rapidly increased across the Amazon Basin in recent years, especially in the Guiana Shield, where it is responsible for up to 90% of total deforestation. This is driven by the global demand for gold, which has continued to rise in value globally. Small scale artisanal gold mining involves destruction of primary rainforest and mercury contamination. However, the impacts on biodiversity and the restoration of forests after gold mining are still to be fully understood.Working in Guyana, this research aims to investigate the impacts that gold mining has on biodiversity and future implications for abandoned gold mine restoration. With data largely lacking on the impacts of mining on biodiversity and mine restoration, this project aims to fill a scientific knowledge gap which can be used to implement biodiversity conservation and land restoration strategies throughout the Amazon.

近年来，亚马逊盆地的金矿开采迅速增加，特别是在圭亚那地盾，那里的森林砍伐占总森林砍伐量的90%。这是由全球对黄金的需求推动的，黄金在全球范围内持续升值。小规模手工采金涉及破坏原始雨林和汞污染。然而，金矿开采后对生物多样性和森林恢复的影响仍有待充分了解。这项研究在圭亚那工作，旨在调查金矿开采对生物多样性的影响以及对废弃金矿恢复的未来影响。由于采矿对生物多样性和矿山恢复的影响方面的数据基本缺乏，该项目旨在填补科学知识空白，可用于在整个亚马逊地区实施生物多样性保护和土地恢复战略。