Environmental Harm, Biodiversity Threats, Infrastructure Neglect, and Human Rights Abuses: A Deepening Crisis at a Brazilian Kaolin Mine

Biodiversity is declining, accelerated by a number of interrelated measures, and the more they are delayed, the more expensive they become, according to a report on transformative change presented today in Koper. According to the authors, transformative change to address the socio-environmental crisis is necessary and challenging, but possible.

What are the threats to Biodiversity?

There are five major threats to biodiversity: habitat destruction, overexploitation of resources, pollution, climate change, and invasive species. Source

Environmental Harm, Biodiversity Threats, Infrastructure Neglect, and Human Rights Abuses: A Deepening Crisis at a Brazilian Kaolin Mine

Imerys Under Fire for Alleged Mismanagement and Environmental Neglect The French industrial minerals company Imerys, formerly operating a kaolin extraction site in Pará, Brazil, is facing a wave of criticism over alleged environmental mismanagement and failure to uphold social responsibilities. Legal documents from an ongoing lawsuit in New York highlight Imerys’ direct oversight of the […] The post Environmental Harm, Biodiversity Threats, Infr…