The noise pollution, habitat loss and disease spillover that can come with mining could threaten chimpanzee populations in some countries in Africa Ari Wid/Shutterstock More than a third of the great apes living in Africa are under threat from the booming demand for minerals that are critical to the creation of green energy technologies, such as electric vehicles. Africa is home to around one sixth of the world’s remaining forests, with the habitat found in countries such as Ghana, Gabon and U...