Over the past 20 years, mining has increased by more than 50 percent worldwide. As the search for coal, gold and other materials mainly occurs in forest areas, forests around the world are suffering as a result. In an initial overview, the World Resource Institute (WRI) revealed that mining activities destroyed 1.4 million hectares of forest worldwide between 2001 and 2020. The loss of trees corresponds to the emission of around 36 million tons of CO2 per year, comparable to Finland’s greenhouse gas emissions.