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Artisanal gold mining in Kejetia (Tongo, Northern Ghana): a three-dimensional perspective [PDF]
Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 2016 Using in-depth ethnographic analysis of Kejetia’s artisanal gold mining community in Tongo (Northern Ghana), this article argues that governance is based on artisanal gold miners’ three-dimensional orientation towards both ‘above-ground’ social–political relations and regulations (a geometrically two-dimensional orientation) and the ‘subterranean ...
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Mercury Pollution Due to Small-Scale Gold Mining: A Serious Menace [PDF]
This issue suggests measures to address the problem of mercury pollution and promote better environmental management of small-scale mining. Utilizing secondary data from mining institutions and primary data from key informants, two case study sites are ...
Asirot, Jasminda, Israel, Danilo C.
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NKOTA WATA: Mining and metaphor in Hamtai-Anga "Gold Dreaming"
, 2006 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This work examines a series of mining-related dream narratives as a means of gauging how a community of New Guinean artisanal and small-scale gold miners ...
Moretti, Daniele
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Spatializing Social Change: Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Upper Guinea
, 2021 International audienceAbstract This chapter proposes a spatial perspective on the analysis of social change in the making via a study of artisanal and small-scale gold-mining sites in Guinea based on twenty-two months of fieldwork between 2011 and 2019 ...
Anna Dessertine, Dessertine, Anna
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Artisanal gold mining in guinea and security concerns
World Journal of Advanced Research and ReviewsOne of the continents richest in gold reserves is Africa. According to the World Bank, about 20 % of gold in African countries is still mined using artisanal methods. There is no officially recognized, generally accepted definition of artisanal small-scale gold mining.
Svetlana Semenovna TIMOFEEVA +2 more
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, 2012 The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThis is a practical guide that policy makers, miners ...
Artisanal Gold Council +1 more
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, 2012 Artisanal gold mining plays an important role in sustainable development of rural communities. The objectives of this study were to: i) assess the environmental impacts of recent artisanal gold mining activities in Chimanimani National Park (CNP ...
Gandiwa, E., Gandiwa, P.
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Jurnal Manajemen Hutan TropikaArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) diversity is influenced by biotic and abiotic factors. Several studies have shown the presence of AMF in ex-gold mining areas with low soil fertility and heavy metal accumulation.
Faradila Mei Jayani +3 more
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, 2018 Many studies on Artisanal Gold Mining have estimated that it employs an estimated 13 Million people worldwide, with another 80 to 100 million people directly or indirectly benefiting.
Anne J. Sitienei +3 more
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Les agents des mines camerounais : des « entrepreneurs » de la frontière minière ?
Revue Internationale des Études du DéveloppementFor more than a decade, artisanal mining has been attracting large numbers of artisanal miners to mining areas in East Cameroon. As part of its strategy to reduce the social effects of structural adjustment, the World Bank has encouraged the regulation ...
Merlin Ottou
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