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The Witwatersrand Mining Basin has been in existence since 1852, which is astonishingly more than a century old. It is the world’s largest gold and uranium basin and has created extraction from over 120 mines stretching from the East to the West of Johannesburg. It is an integral part and the backbone of Johannesburg’s economy. However, regardless of how much mining has boosted the economy, it has not played a sustainable role with the health of the citizens of Johannesburg.
Books in brief Nature volume 521, page 421 (2015)Cite this article 2944 Accesses 7 Altmetric Metrics details Subjects Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks. On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World's Tropical Rainforests Claude Martin Greystone (2015) 9781771641401 | ISBN: 978-1-7716-4140-1 However crucial in terms of biodiversity, climate moderation and the carbon cycle, rainforests are at bay. Almost one-fifth of the Amazon, for instance, has been lost over 50 years.
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use.
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