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

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，在那里，它造成了高达90%的森林砍伐。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。小规模的手工金矿开采会破坏原始雨林并造成汞污染。然而，金矿开采对生物多样性和森林恢复的影响尚不清楚。本研究以圭亚那为研究对象，探讨金矿开采对生物多样性的影响及其对废弃金矿恢复的启示。由于采矿对生物多样性和矿山恢复影响的数据很大程度上缺乏，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。

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.