Transforming open mining pits into fish farms: Moving towards sustainability

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 216-223

  Otchere, Fred A ^a   Veiga, Marcello M ^a,b   Hinton, Jennifer J ^a   Farias, Renato A ^c,d   Hamaguchi, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d CYTED XIII   (Brazil)

^e Highland Valley Copper Mine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abandoned mines; Aquaculture; Mining; Mining Policy; Reclamation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FISH FARMS; MINING PITS; WILDLIFE;

PITTING;

ABANDONED LAND; AQUACULTURE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; MINING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 5044232825     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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