MINE-THE-GAP

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# <strong>MINE-THE-GAP</strong>
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# Knowledge Gap
.citations[Source: [**Maus & Werner (2024) *Nature***](http://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-04090-3)]
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- In this map you can see the spatial distribution of this information gap
- That's,
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- undocumented mines are actually a global issue
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- And, what I see as the main reason for this gap:
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- is that **we lack methods** to measure mining impacts in a consistent way
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- And, therefore, in the MINE-THE-GAP project, I want to investigate the following research question:

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# Knowledge Gap
.citations[Source: [**Maus & Werner (2024) *Nature***](http://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-04090-3)]
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  .font-dark.opac-80.font250[Timely, locally relevant, and globally reliable mine-level indicators?]
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- How to produce timely, locally relevant, and globally reliable mine-level indicators?

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# Aim and methods
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- The aim of my project is:
- To develop scalable models to map mining indicators using AI and satellite EO
- To achieve that:

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# Aim and methods
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- I will combine multi-modal remote sensing data, in an innovative manner
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- Specifically, we will use highly accurate satellite images with high resolution to increase the availability of training data
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- And, on the other hand, we will use satellites with lower resolution but continues global coverage, 
- to compose the predictors space of the AI models
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- In this way, we will be able to provide sufficient training data to produce reliable models,
- and that can be applied globally

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# Outcomes
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- The project will produce several outcomes
- First, we will produce models to map mining land use indicators
- That is, the geolocation of mining infrastructures, such open pits and waste piles

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# Outcomes
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- Next we will add a third dimension to the land use indicators,
- by producing models to measure the volumes of mining infrastructures
- This will help estimate, for instance, how much waste is generated in mining

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# Outcomes
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- The third outcome are models to detect commodities associated with mines
- These will help link mining impacts to their underling economic drivers

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# Outcomes
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- And finally:
- We integrate the three sets of models into a validated framework to
- produce information on where, when, what, and how much is mined worldwide

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# Outlook
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- In conclusion
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- The global energy transition and digitalization are substantially increasing demand for minerals
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- But we currently have a blind spot on understanding the impacts of minerals extraction
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- The MINE-THE-GAP project addresses the urgent need for spatial information on mining globally,
- and proposes three key innovations

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# Outlook
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### Innovation
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<li>New set of indictors to measure mining impacts</li>
<li>Scalable methods to map mine-level indicators globally</li>
<li>Comprehensive mining data independent from reports</li>
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- The first is, 
- A new set of indictors to measure mining impacts using satellites and AI
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- we develop new methods to enable mapping these indicators globally
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- We will produce new spatial data on mining that is independent from company reports
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- I envision that these innovations will have a wide range of impacts in academia and society

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# Outlook
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### Impact
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<li>Methods to scale remote sensing applications</li>
<li>Research on mining and sustainability</li>
<li>Transparency in the mining sector</li>
<li>European Green Deal and the SDGs</li>
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- For example:
- our methods could be generalized to other remote sensing applications
- The project will also enable research on mining and sustainability which is currently hindered by the lack of data
- Furthermore, it will help increase the transparency of the mining sector
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- Our methods and data will lay the foundation to monitor mining impacts globally,
- Supporting, for example, the aims of the European Green Deal and the SDGs
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- With that, I thank you and welcome your questions!