GOLD MINING IN KAMCHATKA NEGATIVE EFFECT ON ECOSYSTEM
The course of the development of large-scale gold mining in Kamchatka can lead to environmental disaster is extremely vulnerable to human impacts river ecosystems.
The peculiarity of Kamchatka#39;s rivers, with their numerous tributaries and sleeves, is a small extent, the high flow rate and density of the river network. Due to this feature of the Kamchatka River is rich in species diversity, but it also explains the high sensitivity of these water bodies by human activities.
Strategy development and use of mineral resources of Kamchatka for the period 2009-2025, the mean large-scale mining of gold resource reserves of up to 1,200 tons and justifies the possibility of mining and processing plants with a capacity of 10 million tons and more.
Gold deposits are located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, usually located in the upper reaches of the mountain rivers in areas with high seismic activity and landslide risk, which often causes a major accident. Another important point - on the Kamchatka Peninsula virtually no geotechnical conditions for the safe disposal of waste disposal and mining enterprises. This is without taking into account the fact that the GOK and without it is classified as environmentally hazardous industrial facilities as well as waste ore cyanidation pose a serious risk to human health and of the environment, and their storage means increased security measures.
Modern technologies of storage and disposal of waste can not lead the development of ore deposits without the threat environment, and the extraction of ore with a low concentration of gold produce large amounts of waste. In the water tanks are collected cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, mercury, lead, arsenic, zinc cyanide - more than 50 kinds of contaminants including Related to I-II hazard classes.
From precipitation in the storage of waste causes the development of soil erosion and removal of pollutants into waterways and groundwater. A transportation of the ore and its treatment leads to pollution of air, soil and natural water sources due to sputtering.
These circumstances determine the unfavorable outlook in the near future for the fishing industry in Kamchatka. This situation is, unfortunately, typical of other fossil-rich regions of Russia, and the growing demand for raw materials against the irresponsible nature of environmental policy and the environmental authorities of powerlessness makes Russia one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of environmental impacts.
