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Deal #5035 Version #70787
Madagascar
Created at
2016-04-26
Last update
2016-04-26
Last full update
2024-07-02
Former land owner (not by constitution)
Former land owner
Community
Former land use
Former land use
Forestry
Comment on former land use
QMM project has attracted opposition from conservationists since its inception because the mine site is located within the last remaining fragments of coastal forest in Madagascar; since this forest type is unique to the country. For instance, QMM has reported 64 species of endemic flora found nowhere else.
Former land cover
Former land cover
Marginal land, Forest land