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ArticleNature2026

Mining triggers extensive additional deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa.

Oscar Morton, Christopher G Bousfield, Prince Dégny Valé, Ieuan Lamb, Victor Maus, Robert G Bryant, David P Edwards

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Oscar Morton *Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. o.morton@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5483-4498
Christopher G Bousfield *Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. c.bousfield@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-9779
Prince Dégny ValéUniversité Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire.
Ieuan LambEcology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Victor MausInstitute for Ecological Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7385-4723
Robert G BryantSchool of Geography and Planning, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-4781
David P EdwardsDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. dpe29@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8562-3853

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Demand for minerals sourced from sub-Saharan Africa is expanding rapidly

Indexed as

Conservation of Natural ResourcesForestsMiningAfrica South of the SaharaSpatio-Temporal Analysis

Identifiers

PMID42236933
PMCPMC13293856

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