Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Phosphate-Mining-in-Sichuan-Province-27MZIFVQH1NK.htmlConceptually similarPhosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKKCompleted★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKNCompleted★★★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKMCompleted★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKRCompleted★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKICompleted★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKFCompleted★★★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKJCompleted★★★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKQCompleted★★★★Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGP04JKDCompleted★★★★View AllGP04JKLPhosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceA worker in Jinhe Phosphate Mine. Rocks of phosphate are transported in carriages. Yuejiashan, Shifang City. An investigation by Greenpeace and Chengdu-based environmental NGO Hengduan Mountain Research Society has revealed that phosphate mining greatly exacerbates the risk of landslides and other geological disasters, threatening the safety of miners and residents downstream.Locations:Asia-China-Shifang-SichuanDate:9 Apr, 2013Credit:© Ma Dong / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Carriages-Day-Erosion-Fertilizer production-Hard hats-KWCI (GPI)-Miners-Mining-One person-Outdoors-Phosphate mines-Phosphate mining-SAGE (campaign title)-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Phosphate Mining in Sichuan ProvinceGreenpeace and Chengdu-based environmental NGO Hengduan Mountain Research Society have released a joint report on the hazards of phosphate mining activities, which supply the manufacture of fertilizers, in Longmen Mountain, Sichuan Province, an area severely stricken by the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The studies have found that phosphate mining in Longmen Mountain, greatly exacerbates the risk of landslides and other geological disasters, threatening the safety of miners and residents downstream. In addition, phosphate mining has encroached on the region's nature reserve, impacting a native giant panda population. Greenpeace conducted a number of field trips to the Nine Mountain Nature Reserve in Sichuan, in order to investigate threats to a protected nature reserve that is currently housing eleven pandas in the wild. Field surveys in the Mianyuan River valley found that phosphate mining has destroyed much of the vegetation located in the hinterland of the panda habitat.Related Collections:Phosphate Mining in Sichuan Province