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Mercury Pollution Due to Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines: An Economic Analysis [PDF]
The study reviews small-scale gold mining in the Philippines and assesses economically mercury pollution and other development problems of the industry.
Asirot, Jasminda, Israel, Danilo C.
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No evidence of increased forest loss from a mining rush in Madagascar’s eastern rainforests
Communications Earth & EnvironmentArtisanal and small-scale mining is an important livelihood activity in many biodiversity hotspots. There is substantial international concern about the negative impact of artisanal and small-scale mining on biodiversity, yet in most places this remains ...
Katie Devenish +5 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the paradox of seeking local solutions in rural development when conflicts result from structural transformations of the agrarian economy driven by national political choices. Since the 1990s, participatory approaches inspired by neo‐institutionalist theories of local governance have encouraged development actors to view ...
Toni‐Giovanni Pegurri
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Artisanal mining and the use of plant diversity
Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía, 2017 This essay presents the variety of vegetation which is utilized in traditional mining activities in the municipalities of Cértegui (Subdistricts of: Cértegui cabecera, La Toma y Recta Larga) and the Panamerican Union (Subdistricts of Animas, Agua Clara and Quiadó).
Fabio García-Cossio +4 more
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Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2019 The objective of the work is to evaluate the mercury exposure of children living in an artisanal gold mining area and in a control area, without mining.
Seyna Ueno Rabelo Mendes +4 more
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) respond to deglobalization and economic nationalism, using historical evidence from fascist Italy, a period of autarky and restricted international trade. While prior research has focused primarily on larger firms, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs), the strategic ...
Valeria Giacomin, Francesco Romagnoli
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Does Firm Ownership Differentiate Environmental Compliance? Evidence from Indian Chromite Mining Industry [PDF]
This paper compares the environmental performance of public and private firms in the context of Indian chromite mining industry. It proposes a new methodology to measure firms’ environmental performance in a multidimensional framework.
Das, Amarendra
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IatreiaIntroduction: In Colombia, women represent an important percentage in artisanal and small-scale mining; however, the invisibility of their occupational health problems is well-known.
López-Michelena, Luis Ignacio
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African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2019 Artisanal and small-scale mining affects the quality and components of the environment in the Batouri area in different ways. Activities interfere with air, soil, water, fauna and forest resources. This study seeks to assess the impacts of mining on the
NODEM FOMENE RODRIGUE
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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