Just restorative pathways for rural landscape and livelihoods impacted by rare-earth mining.

这只是受稀土开采影响的乡村景观和生计的恢复途径。

• 批准号: 2886584
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2886584
• 关键词: Just; restorative; pathways; rural; landscape

Through collaboration with Pensana Plc, empirical focus will be given to landscape and rural livelihoods impacted by rare-earth mining in Angola.Pensana aims to establish the world's first sustainable magnet metal supply chain to meet the burgeoning demand from electric vehicles, offshorewind and other strategic industries vital to achieving the UK's clean energy transition and net zero targets.This project is stimulated by urgent need to progress understanding of the social and environmental impacts of rare-earth mining and to co-developjust restorative pathways for rural landscape and livelihoods impacted by rare-earth mining.Demand for rare-earth minerals has exploded and the international Energy Agency's Sustainable Development scenario predicts growth requirementswill continue with a seven-fold increase in demand by 2040 for clean energy technologies. Many countries in Africa have a plentiful supply of in demand rare minerals and consider extraction critical to economic development and poverty alleviation. However, the construction of and extractionfrom rare-earth mineral mines results in significant changes to ecosystems, land and livelihoods. There are real concerns about the negative socialand environmental impacts and the potential to increase in social and environmental injustices. Restoration of landscapes and livelihoods thereforerequires urgent consideration. Restoring ecosystems to improve human wellbeing and mitigate climate change and biodiversity crises has become aglobal priority. Gaps in understanding of the social aspects of degradation and recovery processes and the marginalisation of local voices in thepredominant top-down restoration planning/governance processes remain a challenge.The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be based at/near the Longonjo mine in Angola for up to 9 months during the fieldwork phase,supported by Pensana.

通过与Pensana PLC的合作，将在安哥拉稀有采矿所影响的景观和农村生计中进行经验重点稀有地挖矿和共同开发的恢复性途径对农村景观和生计的恢复途径的社会和环境影响受到了稀有矿业的影响。非洲的许多国家都有大量需求的稀有矿物质，并认为提取对经济发展和缓解贫困至关重要。然而，从稀土矿石矿山的建造和提取导致生态系统，土地和生计的重大变化。人们对负面的社会和环境影响以及增加社会和环境不公的潜力存在真正的担忧。恢复景观及其生计，因此要考虑紧急考虑。恢复生态系统以改善人类的福祉并减轻气候变化和生物多样性危机已成为Anglobal的优先事项。理解退化和恢复过程的社会方面以及在预先统治的自上而下的恢复计划/治理过程中的当地声音的边缘化方面的差距仍然是一个挑战。