{"id":248352,"date":"2024-04-04T22:40:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/africas-mining-boom-threatens-more-than-a-third-of-its-great-apes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T01:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:33:41","slug":"africas-mining-boom-threatens-more-than-a-third-of-its-great-apes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/africas-mining-boom-threatens-more-than-a-third-of-its-great-apes\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s \u2018Mining Boom\u2019 Threatens More Than a Third of Its Great Apes"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t\tIn Guinea, more than 23,000 chimpanzees could be directly or indirectly impacted by mining activities. Rixie \/ Adobe Stock <\/p>\n
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More than a third of Africa\u2019s great apes are being put at much greater risk from global mining activities than scientists had previously believed, according to a new study led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).<\/p>\n
The green energy transition\u2019s increasing demand for critical minerals like copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium has led to…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n