Qinghai nature reserve shrunk to make way for mines
These four areas cover almost 113 square kilometres, and contain 3.5 billion tonnes of identified coal reserves – more than 87% of Qinghai's total. Mining at scale started here in 2003. The environmental impact assessment (EIA) for planned mines at Hushan and Duosuogongma pointed out that these lie within the Sanheyuan section of …
