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Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

By Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer, Nina Eisenmenger and Fridolin Krausmann. Mining operations have high social and environmental impact potential, and the increasing extraction and use of metals is likely to fuel …

Extractivism, Material Flow Accounting, Metals, mining, Trade

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

By Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer, Nina Eisenmenger and Fridolin Krausmann. Abstract During the second half of the 20th century, mining expanded globally and must be considered one of the dominant forms of …

Extractivism, Material Flow Accounting, Metals, mining, Trade

The global biomass robbery

Palm oil is a booming business. While also used for cooking and in processed foods, over half of all palm oil produced now goes into soaps, cosmetics, biodiesel and other …

Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trade, Agrofuels, biomass, Drivers of Land Use, Food Regimes, food security, food sovereignty, land grabbing, Land Use Conflicts, Material Flow Accounting, Socio-Environmental Conflicts

Patterns of global biomass trade

EJOLT Report 20: Patterns of global biomass trade The report can be downloaded here Abstract In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, global trade in agricultural products grew more than three times …

Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade

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Tag: Material Flow Accounting

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

The global biomass robbery

Patterns of global biomass trade