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The river Zolotitsa is located in what is now Arkhangelsk province and flows into the White Sea. The 1980 discovery and subsequent open-pit mining of a large diamond deposit severely transformed the landscape and is threatening to destroy the ecosystem of the upper Zolotitsa region.
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Environment & Society Portal, Rachel Carson Center
2014
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Online Access: | https://arcadia.ub.uni-muenchen.de/arcadia/article/view/62 |
Summary: | The river Zolotitsa is located in what is now Arkhangelsk province and flows into the White Sea. The 1980 discovery and subsequent open-pit mining of a large diamond deposit severely transformed the landscape and is threatening to destroy the ecosystem of the upper Zolotitsa region. |
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