Indonesia, Brazil biggest culprits in tropical forest loss linked to industrial mining -study

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Industrial-scale mining for materials such as coal, gold, and iron ore is spurring tropical deforestation, with once-impenetrable forest cleared for mines and access roads, new research shows.
46% : "We need more planning tools on the parts of governments and companies to mitigate the impacts of mining on forest loss."Already, mines worldwide extract more than twice the amount of raw materials than they did in 2000, the study said.
44% : The biggest losses were in Indonesia, where coal mines on the island of Borneo have expanded to meet fuel demand from China and India.

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