School of Public Administration, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, 710000, China.
Department of Management, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh, 11587, Saudi Arabia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Feb;29(7):10456-10466. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-16259-2. Epub 2021 Sep 14.
The study's objective is to examine the relationship between COVID-19 cases, environmental sustainability ratings, and mineral resource rents in a large cross section of 97 countries. The emergence of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) enlarges its magnitude across the international borders and damages social, economic, and environmental infrastructure with a high rate of human death tolls. The mineral resources are also devastated, which served as a primary raw input into the production system. The adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment and mineral resources are studied in a large panel of countries and found that mineral resource rents and population growth improve environmental sustainability rating (ESR). In contrast, an increase in coronavirus cases decreases the rating scale across countries. Further, mineral resources first decrease along with increased COVID-19 cases due to strict government policies, including the mandatory shutdown of economic institutions. Further, mineral resource rents increase later because of resuming economic activities in many parts of the world. The high rate of population growth is another important factor that negatively affects mineral resources across countries. Through impulse response and variance decomposition estimates, an exacerbated coronavirus cases and population growth would likely negatively affect ESR and mineral resources. In contrast, COVID-19 recovered cases will likely play a more significant role in securing mineral resources over time. Therefore, the global mineral resource conservation policies and improving ESR are highly needed during the COVID-19 to keep the significant economic gains in unprecedented times.
这项研究的目的是检验 97 个国家的 COVID-19 病例、环境可持续性评级和矿产资源租金之间的关系。新型冠状病毒 2019（COVID-19）的出现使其在国际范围内蔓延，并以高死亡率破坏了社会、经济和环境基础设施。矿产资源也遭到破坏，它们是生产系统的主要原材料。研究了 COVID-19 大流行对环境和矿产资源的不利影响，发现矿产资源租金和人口增长提高了环境可持续性评级（ESR）。相比之下，COVID-19 病例的增加降低了各国的评级。此外，由于政府采取了包括经济机构强制关闭在内的严格政策，COVID-19 病例的增加首先导致矿产资源减少。随后，由于世界许多地区恢复了经济活动，矿产资源租金增加。人口的快速增长是另一个对各国矿产资源产生负面影响的重要因素。通过脉冲响应和方差分解估计，COVID-19 病例和人口增长的加剧可能会对 ESR 和矿产资源产生负面影响。相比之下，随着时间的推移，COVID-19 已恢复的病例可能会在确保矿产资源方面发挥更重要的作用。因此，在 COVID-19 期间，全球需要制定矿产资源保护政策并提高 ESR，以在前所未有的时期保持显著的经济收益。
