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A Review of Health Issues Related to Child Labor and Violence Within Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining

open access: yesGeoHealth, 2021
This review examines health issues around human/social determinants of health within artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM). The focus is on working children and violence. Within the area of violence, the collection of health risks is broad, ranging from
Franklin W. Schwartz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining Worldwide, Poverty, and the Associated Health Impacts

open access: yesGeoHealth, 2021
Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds ...
F. Schwartz, Sangsuk Lee, T. Darrah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Artisanal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Artisanal, a term used to describe production systems that are relatively small-scale and where hand-working and the skilled, intuitive judgment of the maker takes precedence over mechanized and automated methods.
Blundel, Richard
core   +5 more sources

A Cross-Sectional Survey on Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Risks Associated with Arsenic and Mercury Contamination from Artisanal Gold mining in Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational ...
Charles, Elias   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

Profile and Motivations of Artisanal Beverage Tourists to the Free State Province, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2022
An increase in South African domestic tourism could potentially be realised through offering locals easily accessible and affordable tourist products. Niche tourism may present this opportunity.
Eben Proos
doaj   +1 more source

Socio-economic and environmental implications of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) on agriculture and livelihoods

open access: yesEnvironmental Science and Policy, 2020
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) activities continue to grow in many resource-endowed countries with ASM-generated revenues serving as a precursor to socio-economic growth especially in mineral-rich rural communities.
G. Ofosu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fisherfolks’ Perception on Artisanal Fishing Enterprise in North Central, Nigeria

open access: yesمجلة ديالى للعلوم الزراعية, 2022
The study identified the fisherfolks’ perception of artisanal fishing enterprises in North-Central, Nigeria. Information were collected with the use of questionnaire and analysed using frequency count, percentage, mean score and Pearson Product Moment
John Oluwaseun Ifabiyi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of the shark fisheries of Fiji [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Limited information is available on artisanal and subsistence shark fisheries across the Pacific. The aim of this study was to investigate Fiji’s inshore fisheries which catch sharks.
Adrian-Kalchhauser, I.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Formalization of Mining Rights in the East African Community; Cadastre perspective on artisanal mining rights

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2022
Context and background Artisanal mining has long been integral part of livelihood structure and economic systems of certain rural communities. Artisanal mining operates informally in developing countries coupled with social, environmental, and economic ...
George Odhiambo Konguka
doaj   +2 more sources

Microorganisms present in artisanal fermented food from South America

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Artisanal fermented products (foods and beverages) are produced in an artisanal way in many countries around the world. The main purpose of fermentation is to preserve the food, improve its safety, increase the nutritional and health-promoting value and ...
María Eugenia Jiménez   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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