A new UN report warns of a threefold increase in extraction of the Earth's primary materials between 1970 and 2010, writes Alex Kirby. The boom in the production of minerals, ores, fossil fuels, timber and biomass and will be to intensify climate change, increase air pollution and reduce biodiversity.
Plunder of Earth's natural resources up 200% in 40 years Alex Kirby | 26th July 2016 News Mining Forests Biodiversity Corporations Regulation quarry-brescia-cut.jpg A new UN report warns of a …