Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserve - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE]A Brazilian court has blocked an attempt by the president, Michel Temer, to open up swaths of the Amazon forest to mining companies after an outcry by environmental campaigners and climate activists. The federal judge Rolando Valcir Spanholo said the president went beyond his authority in issuing a decree to abolish Renca, an area of 46,000 sq km (17,760 sq miles) that has been protected since 1984. Approving an injunction requested by public prosecutors, the judge said the dissolution of Renca (more formally known as the National Reserve of Copper and Associates) could only be done by Congress. But this may be only a temporary reprieve for the area, which is thought to contain deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese.[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/30/brazilian-court-blocks-abolition-of-vast-amazon-reserve[/url]

Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] the problem is you clearly don't understand the ecology of tropical rainforsests

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] You don't just "regrow" land. Deforestation is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gasses, plus you also destroy entire ecosystems and the wildlife with in them. Even if they tried to restore the land it would take decades to reach that point assuming the damage is reversible.

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] Mining is hilariously bad for the surrounding environment, and clean up is usually so expensive that it's often never done.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;52632532]Mining is hilariously bad for the surrounding environment, and clean up is usually so expensive that it's often never done.[/QUOTE] There is still ways of mining which are less profitable than open cutting and which would have minimal impact. Example being shaft's.

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] That's not how mining works.

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] anything to make copper six cents cheaper so that the proceeds can flow into the pockets of the already-rich who cares if we damage something (rainforest) that cannot be quickly nor easily replaced

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] Regrown forests support far less biodiversity than the original forests, often you end up with "forests" that are not much more than a bunch of trees, with hardly any other plants or animals living there

[QUOTE=cartman;52632542]There is still ways of mining which are less profitable than open cutting and which would have minimal impact. Example being shaft's.[/QUOTE] These are only used when the more profitable methods are not feasible and "not feasible" does not include ecological factors, I can tell you. Source: I work in prospection

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] The soil of a rainforest relies on a constant cycle of plant matter rotting and being absorbed back by the trees. If the cycle is broken, you can't regrow a rainforest. It's gone.

[QUOTE=MR-X;52632515]You don't just "regrow" land. Deforestation is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gasses, plus you also destroy entire ecosystems and the wildlife with in them. Even if they tried to restore the land it would take decades to reach that point assuming the damage is reversible.[/QUOTE] True. Although technically deforestation is more akin to the industrial sabotage of a greenhouse gas consumption system. While trees being felled doesn't release greenhouse gases in itself, it destroys parts of a crucial habitat changer. [QUOTE=CupUp;52632799]The soil of a rainforest relies on a constant cycle of plant matter rotting and being absorbed back by the trees. If the cycle is broken, you can't regrow a rainforest. It's gone.[/QUOTE] Though I imagine the pulverization of greedy industrialists, converting their broken, battered bodies into a nutritious mulch, would help restore the mineral richness of the soil. While simultaneously sending a stern message to the others.

[QUOTE=MR-X;52632515]You don't just "regrow" land. Deforestation is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gasses, plus you also destroy entire ecosystems and the wildlife with in them. Even if they tried to restore the land it would take decades to reach that point assuming the damage is reversible.[/QUOTE] To add on to this some old growth forests have taken upwards of 1000 years of reach the delicate balance they are in and there is no way to just recreate a new forest in a similar state.

Remember to visit the Amazon before it becomes as flat as Iowa within 30 years.

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] Forests take a long time to grow, but there are pretty immediate impacts on the environment from removing them. Another thing to consider is the fact that it is nearly impossible to restore an environment to its original level of biodiversity once it is removed, and the unprecedented diversity seen in rainforests like the amazon would be even more difficult to restore. And above all this, it's unlikely that a mining company is going to do a very good job at restoring anything, unless it's compelled to, and considering how much sway such large companies have on governments, it's unlikely they could be compelled to do anything.

[QUOTE=cartman;52632447]Aslong as the mining companies regrow the land after they are done. What's the problem[/QUOTE] I bet you also think coal miners should restore the great barrier reef too