With thanks to @shokes.bsky.social for this thoughtful and generous reflection on our new film OVERBURDEN and the paradoxes posed by the convergences of #mining and #conservation for people and animals living in some of West Africa's most biodiverse and iron-rich regions.
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Gregg Mitman
I wrote about a new film produced by @greggmitman.bsky.social, author of "Empire of Rubber," on the uneasy relationship between iron mining and conservation in Liberia's Nimba mountains news.mongabay.com/2026/05/in-t...
For good reason, mining and conservation are typically understood to be activities that exist in opposition to each other. But a new film explores how in some landscapes, the two have developed an une...
