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Les agents des mines camerounais : des « entrepreneurs » de la frontière minière ?

Revue Internationale des Études du Développement
For 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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Livelihood‐oriented interventions and gender considerations of 25 years of social‐ecological peatland restoration in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction We examined how tropical peatland restoration initiatives have evolved over 25 years, particularly in their approach to livelihood contributions and women's participation. Objectives Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF), we analyze the peatland‐restoration initiatives based on project documents, examining their short‐
Tessa D. Toumbourou, Deti, Mia Siscawati, Ariane Utomo, Lambang Septiawan, Hevirona Bani Adam, Hariati Sinaga, Ardianingtyas Ibni Albar, Laura Graham, Shelly Adelina, Mia B. Dunphy, Andrea Rawluk   +11 more
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IMPACT OF ARTISANAL MINING ON IMPROVING THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ARTISANAL MINERS

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review
Since 2013, the Burundian mining sector has seen several initiatives aimed at integrating this sector into the development engine. Legal and policy reforms have allowed artisanal mining to develop by formalising it. It is with this in mind that this article measures the level of wages and satisfaction with the standard of living of artisanal miners. It
JEAN DE DIEU NKURUNZIZA, FLEURY HABONIMANA, DIDACE NTIRAMPEBA, OSUALD NGENDAKUMANA   +3 more
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Experimental Evaluation of Agricultural Ammonium Nitrate as an Explosive in Underground Artisanal Mining

Applied Sciences
The use of agricultural-grade ammonium nitrate without fuel oil as an explosive has been empirically observed in underground artisanal mining in Ecuador.
Jacopo Seccatore, Christian Ordóñez Guaycha, Pamela Montalvo Rodríguez, Ernesto Reyes Céspedes, Luis David Andrade Rodríguez, Tatiane Marin   +5 more
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Bold Claims, Low Wages: Why Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) Struggle to Implement Living Wages

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS)—such as Fairtrade International and the Forest Stewardship Council—aim to improve sustainability in global supply chains by setting high social and environmental standards and certifying businesses that adopt them.
Elizabeth A. Bennett
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The Strengthening of Geological Infrastructure, Research and Data Acquisition - Using Gis in Ivory Coast Gold Mines

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
The artisanal gold mining in Ivory Coast has become a key problem in the mining sector. A diverse group of people in Ivory Coast, including the young and the old, are all engaged in these activities that are reportedly better than agricultural inputs ...
Kouame Kouame Joseph Arthur, Jiang Fuxing, Feng Yu, Zhu Sitao   +3 more
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Artifex Ars Cartographica: Collaboration Between Portuguese Painters and Cartographers in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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Ecological Struggle as Ethos of Decolonisation: Emergence of a Decolonial Ecology in Bakur (Northern) and Rojava (Western) Kurdistan

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines why the Kurdish Freedom Movement has adopted ecological struggle as a foundational pillar in its politics of decolonisation and the reclamation of autonomy. Framed within the context of colonial and ecocidal developmentalism, the research analyses how policies initiated during the Ottoman Empire and perpetuated by Turkish
Necmettin Türk
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Photo Blog: Artisanal gold mining in South Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Janet Munakamwe details the process of artisanal gold mining by migrant workers in South Africa. This photo blog is a companion piece to the article, Between a rock and a hard place: Informal artisanal gold mining in Johannesburg by Zaheera ...
Munakamwe, Janet
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Plasmodium falciparum Parasites With Histidine‐Rich Protein 2 (pfhrp2) and pfhrp3 Gene Deletions in Frontier Endemic Regions of Brazilian Amazon

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studies reporting deletions of the pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes in P. falciparum populations in various malaria‐endemic countries, including countries bordering Brazil, are increasing. Individuals infected with P. falciparum carrying deletions of the pfhrp2/3 genes may yield false‐negative results in Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) based on the ...
Jéssica de Oliveira Bonsanto Gonçalves, Simone da Silva Santos, Rodrigo Medeiros Martorano, Jaime Louzada, Victoria Martins Roque Almeida, Lucas Rego Viana, Josely Oliveira Ferreira, Anielle Pina Costa, André Siqueira, Martha Cecília Suárez‐Mutis   +9 more
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