for a school project I have to create a poster for or against mining in the Coromandel. Any ideas? I also have to list why it should and shouldnt be mined. PLEASE HELP!! thanks
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I think if you take the "against" position, you will have an easier job.
BASIC "CON" POSITION:
1. Pollution
2. Tourist industry in the area will be ruined (people that come to look at unspoiled beauty)
3. Fauna and flora will be ruined
4. Roads which mar the landscape will be built to transport rocks
SUPPORTING LINKS TO "CON" POSITION
Gold mining generates huge volumes of hazardous waste (tailings), which is dumped in a tailings dam. The gold is only a tiny proportion of the material extracted, less than 10 parts in one million.
The gold is extracted using cyanide, so safe storage of the mine waste poses a serious problem. Waste rock (overburden) that is not processed, as well as the highly toxic processed waste, is hazardous. Processed rock takes up several times more volume once extracted. The tailings stay toxic for thousands of years. The Newmont, Waihi Gold Tailings dam is on a massive scale of the hazardous waste that is generated – 40 million cubic meters.
Coromandel with its high rainfall, sensitive shellfish beds plus its Clean Green overseas tourist image if it starts mining, puts NZ's stature at risk, while the government’s supposed take of less than 5 million dollars per annum in royalties defies logic.
http://www.greenplanetfm.com/members/gre…
"Mr Hart said if the mining operation went ahead it would be highly detrimental to the local ecology. DOC (The Department of Conservation) has decided the area has special significance. There're native trees - great stands of Kauri and others, native frogs which are endangered, and native birds in the area. DOC is spending $1 million upgrading tracks and tracks and bridges for the benefit of tourists and locals, so what we don't want is mining with roads cut through the bush for trucks transporting the rocks back to Waihi."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/50382…
Professor Meister said tourists were attracted to high-value conservation land protected from mining because of its unspoiled looks. There was no way to tell how much mining those places could bear without affecting the $21 billion tourism industry, he said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/…
"PRO" POSITION
If you prefer a "pro" position, this link is good (put out by mining industry, so prob not impartial!)
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cach…
BASIC "CON" POSITION:
1. Pollution
2. Tourist industry in the area will be ruined (people that come to look at unspoiled beauty)
3. Fauna and flora will be ruined
4. Roads which mar the landscape will be built to transport rocks
SUPPORTING LINKS TO "CON" POSITION
Gold mining generates huge volumes of hazardous waste (tailings), which is dumped in a tailings dam. The gold is only a tiny proportion of the material extracted, less than 10 parts in one million.
The gold is extracted using cyanide, so safe storage of the mine waste poses a serious problem. Waste rock (overburden) that is not processed, as well as the highly toxic processed waste, is hazardous. Processed rock takes up several times more volume once extracted. The tailings stay toxic for thousands of years. The Newmont, Waihi Gold Tailings dam is on a massive scale of the hazardous waste that is generated – 40 million cubic meters.
Coromandel with its high rainfall, sensitive shellfish beds plus its Clean Green overseas tourist image if it starts mining, puts NZ's stature at risk, while the government’s supposed take of less than 5 million dollars per annum in royalties defies logic.
http://www.greenplanetfm.com/members/gre…
"Mr Hart said if the mining operation went ahead it would be highly detrimental to the local ecology. DOC (The Department of Conservation) has decided the area has special significance. There're native trees - great stands of Kauri and others, native frogs which are endangered, and native birds in the area. DOC is spending $1 million upgrading tracks and tracks and bridges for the benefit of tourists and locals, so what we don't want is mining with roads cut through the bush for trucks transporting the rocks back to Waihi."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/50382…
Professor Meister said tourists were attracted to high-value conservation land protected from mining because of its unspoiled looks. There was no way to tell how much mining those places could bear without affecting the $21 billion tourism industry, he said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/…
"PRO" POSITION
If you prefer a "pro" position, this link is good (put out by mining industry, so prob not impartial!)
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cach…