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Artisanal Gold Mining Camps in the Butana (Eastern Sudan) as Migration Hubs [PDF]
, 2023 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining sites have become large-scale migration hubs for thousands of young men from Sudan and its neighbouring countries.
Abdul-Jalil, Musa Adam
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Confins, 2017 This article discusses: 1) who are the small scale miners in the contemporary Brazilian Amazon, how they act and what are their characteristics in comparison with other forms of mining; and 2) the informality of small scale mining in opposition to the ...
Maria Célia Coelho +2 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Informal gold mining (IGM) is a major driver of deforestation and source of global mercury emissions. Policy makers may seek to control the spread of IGM by enforcing rules and/or providing alternative livelihoods.
Graham W. Prescott +10 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Background: This study describes factors promoting child labour in small-scale gold mines in rural Tanzania, a pernicious problem despite the country's adoption of laws and regulations intended to curb it. Methods: Employing a phenomenological design, we
Emmy Metta +3 more
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Related Environmental and Health Problems
, 2023 This reprint focuses on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) all over the world, as well as its impact on the economy, environment, and health, providing sustainable solutions to severe ASGM problems.
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Accès aux ressources naturelles et foncières en Amazonie péruvienne
Revue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2019 Based on the analysis of a protected buffer zone located in the Amazonian department of Madre de Dios (Peru), which has been experiencing a gold rush since the mid-2000s, this article explores the power relations between farmers and artisanal miners, by ...
Céline Delmotte
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SmallMinesDS: A Multimodal Dataset for Mapping Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mines [PDF]
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing LettersThe increasing demand for gold, coupled with persistently high market prices over the past decade, has driven a significant rise in small-scale gold production. The expansion of unregularized small-scale gold mines fuels environmental degradation and poses a risk to miners and mining communities.
Stella Ofori-Ampofo +5 more
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Injury Profiles Associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Tarkwa, Ghana [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is inherently risky, but little is known about mining-associated hazards and injuries despite the tremendous growth worldwide of ASGM and the benefits it offers. The current study aimed to characterize the physical injuries associated with ASGM in Ghana to guide policy formulation.
Calys-Tagoe, Benedict N. L. +4 more
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The dilemma of women empowerment in informal artisanal and small-scale gold ore mining in Ghana [PDF]
, 2022 For several years, women demand more decision-making power from their husbands and the society. Studies indicate that egalitarian decision-making power can be beneficial in many important ways to the household and society, and the pathway to this desire ...
Natia, James Adam +3 more
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The politics of toxicity governance in Colombian gold mining
Journal of Political EcologyThe most recent Global Mercury Assessment estimates that human-made mercury releases are approximately 2,220 tons per year and that a significant source is artisanal and small-scale gold mining (UNEP 2019).
Christoph Kaufmann
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