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Chapter 2 - Zambia’s Changing Environment
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Large-scale copper mining has resulted in the development of large towns. Until the 1960s, the mining industry used wood from the
areas surrounding the mines to generate power for copper smelting.
Large urban centres open-pit mines and areas of forest degradation can be observed in the 2011 image.