4 min
QUICKIE E#07 Is the Amazon Rainforest worth its weight in gold? Conservation Crossroads
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Have you thought about the impact of mining on deforestation? Yeah, neither had we! So in this week's QUICKIE episode of #ConservationCrossroads we chat with Dr Laura Sonter about whether or not the Amazon Rainforest worth its weight in gold!
Dr Laura Sonter is a postdoctoral research fellow/lecturer at the University of Queensland's and previously a postdoctoral research fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, The University of Vermont. You can find her paper about the impacts of mining on deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest here -> http://go.nature.com/2zn6um3
To learn more about Laura's work go here: http://www.laurasonter.com/
And for some more related media, go here: http://bit.ly/2EYNqO4
Join the conversation on Twitter by tagging Carla @CarlaWildlife, Rachel @YumMusings or #ConservationCrossroads!
Music and Editing: GarageBand.
Cover Photo: Blake Alexander Simmons.
Have you thought about the impact of mining on deforestation? Yeah, neither had we! So in this week's QUICKIE episode of #ConservationCrossroads we chat with Dr Laura Sonter about whether or not the Amazon Rainforest worth its weight in gold!
Dr Laura Sonter is a postdoctoral research fellow/lecturer at the University of Queensland's and previously a postdoctoral research fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, The University of Vermont. You can find her paper about the impacts of mining on deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest here -> http://go.nature.com/2zn6um3
To learn more about Laura's work go here: http://www.laurasonter.com/
And for some more related media, go here: http://bit.ly/2EYNqO4
Join the conversation on Twitter by tagging Carla @CarlaWildlife, Rachel @YumMusings or #ConservationCrossroads!
Music and Editing: GarageBand.
Cover Photo: Blake Alexander Simmons.
4 min