Rainforest - Case studies

Question 1

What is open pit mining?

Answer 1

Site found by gut feeling
Vegetation removed
Soil blasted wot high pressure hoses
Soil and water pumped out
Drained through mesh
Heavier minerals sink to the bottom and are collected

Question 2

What are the problems with the illegal camp for the miners?

Answer 2

Prostitution
Waste and litter causes pollution
Crime guns and violence
Noise pollution from generators

Question 3

What damage to the environment does gold mining in the Amazon cause?

Answer 3

Sedimentation - river polluted with silt

Destroys ecosystems

Question 4

Name some facts about the miners who mine for gold in the Amazon

Answer 4

Work 12hr shifts 7 days a week
Earn £70 every 3 days (more than factory or ranch)
Send money home and spend the rest on drinking and gambling
Dirty manual labour that’s physical and dangerous