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Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under the umbrella of (in)formality?

Resources Policy, 2023
Liberia intends to harness the development potential of artisanal mining through formalization. However, there are several obstacles that the country needs to overcome for it to succeed. The existing literature provides evidence on the challenges faced by miners and local authorities, but fails to make a distinction between different types of ...
Bazillier, Rémi, Gibertini, Beatrice, Jackson, Stephen   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Modelling drivers of environmental sustainability in artisanal gold mining within river basins using the Ecological Footprint Theory

Academia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability
The sustainability of gold mining practices, particularly among artisanal miners, has garnered increasing attention due to its environmental and social implications.
Dickson Okoree Mireku, Kwame Ofori
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational health and safety in mining: Predictive probabilities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use among artisanal goldminers in Ghana.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Artisanal goldminers in Ghana are exposed to various levels and forms of health, safety and environmental threats. Without the required legislation and regulations, artisanal miners are responsible for their own health and safety at work.
Simon Appah Aram, Benjamin M Saalidong, Augustine Appiah, Idongesit Bassey Utip   +3 more
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Emerging mercury and methylmercury contamination from new artisanal and small-scale gold mining along the Nile Valley, Egypt

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2023
The past decade witnessed the initiation and boom of the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) activities in the hyper-arid southern Egypt. The ores are mined in the Eastern Desert and then transported to the densely populated farming communities ...
Ahmed Abdelaal, M. Sultan, A. Abotalib, Mohamed F. Bedair, R. Krishnamurthy, Mohamed Elhebiry   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Environment Degradation, Health Threats, and Legality at the Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining Sites in Indonesia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) activities, despite offering numerous economic incentives, inflict negative impacts on the environment and public health due to the use of mercury or cyanide.
A. A. Meutia, D. Bachriadi, N. A. Gafur
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mercury and CO2 emissions from artisanal gold mining in Brazilian Amazon rainforest

Nature Sustainability, 2023
The Tapajós River basin in Brazil is one of the world’s regions most affected by artisanal gold mining (ASGM), which is responsible for the release of mercury and high energy consumption.
Benjamin Fritz, B. Peregovich, Lorena da Silva Tenório, Adria Cristina da Silva Alves, Mario Schmidt   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Four Decades of Efforts to Reduce or Eliminate Mercury Pollution in Artisanal Gold Mining

Minerals
Throughout the past four decades, most projects related to mercury in Artisanal Gold Mining (AGM) have been dedicated to monitoring the environmental and health impacts of the activity without actually proposing effective solutions to tackle the issue ...
Marcello M. Veiga, Nnamdi C. Anene, E. M. Silva   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania and health implications: A policy perspective.

Heliyon, 2023
The mineral sector, especially its small-scale subsector, has become significant in the emerging economies of the Global South. Tanzania is the focus of this policy exposition paper because, aside from Ghana and South Africa, Tanzania is ranked 4th in ...
M. Rwiza, Erasto Focus, J. Bayuo, J. Kimaro, M. Kleinke, T. J. Lyasenga, Jerry T. Mosses, Janeth Marwa   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli's De Hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina (1761): Mercury Mining, Mercurialism, and Preventive Reasoning in Eighteenth‐Century Occupational Medicine

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788), a physician‐naturalist of the Enlightenment, is primarily remembered for his contributions to botany and entomology. Less attention has been paid to his medical work De hydrargyro Idriensi Tentamina physico‐chymico‐medica (1761), written during his fifteen years of service as physician at the mercury mines
Alberto Zanatta, Paola Mason, Sofia Bollini, Giovanni Magno   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source