Land is a scarce resource. Restoration enables sustainable and dynamic use of former mining land and creates opportunities for ex-mining towns.
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Solutions to some of the globe’s most daunting environmental challenges may be closer than you think. Scientists are harnessing nature to clean up toxic chemicals and mining waste.
A new global standard on tailings dams aim to prevent mining disasters like the Brazil dam collapse in 2019 – but there’s more to do.
Bankrupt oil and gas companies must clean up old wells, yet taxpayers are still stuck with the bill for abandoned mines.
Historical gold mining at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T. released toxic arsenic into the environment. Snowshoe hares are showing signs of poisoning.
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Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub, Monash University
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Canada Research Chair in Stressed Aquatic Systems, Laurentian University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Scientist, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, and Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Chemical, Biological & Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Australian National University