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Enum: EnvironmentalImpact

Environmental impacts of mining

URI: valuesets:EnvironmentalImpact

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
HABITAT_DESTRUCTION ExO:0000012 Habitat destruction
WATER_POLLUTION ENVO:02500039 Water pollution
AIR_POLLUTION ENVO:02500037 Air pollution
SOIL_CONTAMINATION ENVO:00002116 Soil contamination
DEFORESTATION ENVO:02500012 Deforestation
EROSION ENVO:01001346 Erosion and sedimentation
ACID_MINE_DRAINAGE ENVO:00001997 Acid mine drainage
TAILINGS None Tailings contamination
SUBSIDENCE None Ground subsidence
BIODIVERSITY_LOSS None Biodiversity loss

Slots

Name Description
environmental_impact Environmental impacts of mining

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: EnvironmentalImpact
description: Environmental impacts of mining
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  HABITAT_DESTRUCTION:
    text: HABITAT_DESTRUCTION
    description: Habitat destruction
    meaning: ExO:0000012
    title: habitat degradation
  WATER_POLLUTION:
    text: WATER_POLLUTION
    description: Water pollution
    meaning: ENVO:02500039
    annotations:
      types:
        tag: types
        value: acid mine drainage, heavy metals
  AIR_POLLUTION:
    text: AIR_POLLUTION
    description: Air pollution
    meaning: ENVO:02500037
    annotations:
      sources:
        tag: sources
        value: dust, emissions
  SOIL_CONTAMINATION:
    text: SOIL_CONTAMINATION
    description: Soil contamination
    meaning: ENVO:00002116
    title: contaminated soil
  DEFORESTATION:
    text: DEFORESTATION
    description: Deforestation
    meaning: ENVO:02500012
  EROSION:
    text: EROSION
    description: Erosion and sedimentation
    meaning: ENVO:01001346
  ACID_MINE_DRAINAGE:
    text: ACID_MINE_DRAINAGE
    description: Acid mine drainage
    meaning: ENVO:00001997
  TAILINGS:
    text: TAILINGS
    description: Tailings contamination
    annotations:
      storage:
        tag: storage
        value: tailings ponds, dams
  SUBSIDENCE:
    text: SUBSIDENCE
    description: Ground subsidence
    annotations:
      cause:
        tag: cause
        value: underground voids
  BIODIVERSITY_LOSS:
    text: BIODIVERSITY_LOSS
    description: Biodiversity loss
    annotations:
      impact:
        tag: impact
        value: species extinction, ecosystem disruption