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Participation in artisanal diamond mining and food security: A case study of Kasai Oriental in DR Congo

Open Agriculture
The high prevalence of food insecurity and malnutrition in Kasai Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prompted an investigation into the complex relationship between household livelihood activities and food security.
Kazadi Hermann Nkongolo, Kusadokoro Motoi, Chitose Atsushi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining for the Minamata Convention on Mercury's national action plans: Approaches and policy implications

Environmental Science & Policy, 2023
Establishing quantitative baseline estimates of mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining is necessary to meet the requirements of the Minamata Convention on Mercury which aims to reduce and, where possible, eliminate mercury emissions.
Michelle Schwartz, K. Smits, T. Phelan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Roger Leonard Burritt, Katherine Leanne Christ   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontology of core data mining entities [PDF]

, 2014
In this article, we present OntoDM-core, an ontology of core data mining entities. OntoDM-core defines themost essential datamining entities in a three-layered ontological structure comprising of a specification, an implementation and an application ...
Dzeroski, S, Soldatova, L, Panov, P
core   +1 more source

Artisanal gold mining pays

, 2020
: Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides incomes to an estimated 42 million of individuals around the world, yet systematic data on miners\u2019 earnings are lacking. To remedy this, we developed a sampling and survey method.
Geenen, Sara, Verpoorten, Marijke, Stoop, Nik   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Gold mining, discourses, and threats: What is really damaging the fluvial hydrosystem of the Faleme River?

Journal of Political Ecology
The gold rush in the Faleme catchment between Senegal and Mali involves artisanal miners from the sub-region, European and American multinationals, and medium-sized Chinese companies.
EL HADJI SERIGNE TOP, Géraud Magrin, Gilles ARNAUD-FASSETTA, Mouhamadou Lamine DIALLO   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Recent expansion of artisanal gold mining along the Bandama River (Côte d’Ivoire)

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022
Recent development of small-scale gold mining activities in Côte d’Ivoire is a serious threat to the environment because of deforestation, soil scrapping, pit mining, over-use of water resources and pollution of surface and ground waters by mercury ...
Ndeye Marame Ngom, Modou Mbaye, David Baratoux, Lenka Baratoux, Kouassi Ernest Ahoussi, Jean Kan Kouame, Gayane Faye, El Hadji Sow   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental, Health and Safety Intricacies of Artisanal Mining in the Gold-rich Landscapes of Karamoja, North-Eastern Uganda

, 2021
Artisanal small-scale gold mining presents numerous opportunities for Uganda's rural poor. However, it also poses serious environmental, health and safety challenges.
Eria Serwajja, P. Mukwaya
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Africa We Want: A Perspective on the African Code Against Cancer To Be Developed for Sub‐Saharan Africa

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a unique cancer burden, characterized by a disproportionately high mortality‐to‐incidence ratio, a large share of infection‐related cancers, and distinct environmental exposures. Implementation of national policies on primary prevention is limited, and public literacy regarding cancer risk and curability remains ...
Anthony Kityo, Phyllis Ohene‐Agyei, Felix M. Onyije, Hannah Simba, Annet Nakaganda, Denis Chopera, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Benido Impouma, Mary Nyangasi, Blandina Mmbaga, Valerie McCormack, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Miriam Mutebi, Joachim Schüz, Carolina Espina   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source