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Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2021 South Africa has many artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities that some are registered and others informal and illegal. This paper presents an overview of ASM operations in the vicinity of abandoned mine sites found in Giyani and Musina areas ...
Sphiwe Emmanuel Mhlongo +1 more
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Environmental Research Communications, 2023 Illegal artisanal gold mining threatens biodiversity conservation within protected areas. The objectives of this study were to: (i) assess the environmental impacts of illegal artisanal gold mining in Chewore Safari Area (CSA) and (ii) assess trends in ...
Jeremiah Chakuya +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Health issues are associated with artisanal mining in the DR Congo. The scenario is worst when artisanal mining is done informally or with limited material and technical resources.
Christian Ahadi Irenge +3 more
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Le droit minier face à l’éthique de l’or
Revue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2022 The relations between industrial and artisanal miners in West Africa involve a multitude of ethical issues, including the “fair” access to the same natural resources.
Diana Ayeh
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Geo: Geography and Environment, 2023 The daily lives of female artisanal and small‐scale miners revolve around an array of complex and labour‐driven activities. The complexities and labour demands vary depending on the type of artisanal and small‐scale mining involved, the underground pit ...
Issah Baddianaah
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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Frontiers in Energy Research, 2018 Drawing from theories on the political-economy of natural resources, this paper broadens the discussion surrounding cobalt sourced from the former Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo; specifically, the use of that cobalt in rechargeable ...
Brett Zeuner
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Introduction: Although artisanal gold mining has contributed to livelihoods in many rural communities across the world, it has destroyed and polluted several water bodies.Methods: Using Prestea in the southwestern region of Ghana, this paper demonstrates
Albert Kobina Mensah +2 more
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Cleaner Production Letters, 2023 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is an important livelihood, but also the largest contributor to anthropogenic mercury emissions globally. Two key persistent challenges in reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities are
Arabella Chen +3 more
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, 2021 This framework document provides a pragmatic approach for designing representative studies and developing uniform sampling guidelines to support estimates of morbidity that are explicitly linked to exposure to land-based contaminants from artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities.
von Stackelberg, Katherine +2 more
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