Stakeholder process within limestonequarrying and potential impacts onbiodiversity and ecosystem services. Case study of Bunge Ducker,Northern Gotland, Sweden

摘要: Mining has always played an important role in human development. The growing demand for miningnowadays puts under threat biodiversity and ecosystem services, which leads to many conflicts based on choicebetween environment protection social economical Studying a case of limestone quarryon Northern Gotland as one the most representative cases such conflict, gave opportunity investigateand analyze cost decision-making mining well interaction between stakeholders affecting andbeing affected by decision from perspective group opposing mining. research showedweakness communication stakeholders; weakness argument supporting andeconomical development giving it higher priority than environment; best possible solution whichwould be turning whole area interest into national park, even though would not fulfilltheinterests company.