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Socio-economic and environmental impact of mining on women in Kasigau mining zone in Taita Taveta County

Journal of Sustainable Mining, 2016
The Kasigau ward is home to many gemstones with their mining contributing to the county's economic development. The mining sector is dominated by artisanal and small scale mining with 3–5% of women employed. A Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach
Maarifa Ali Mwakumanya, Mwikamba Maghenda, Hamida Juma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remote sensing of artisanal and small-scale mining: A review of scalable mapping approaches.

Science of the Total Environment
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) significantly influences the socio-economic development of many low-to-middle-income countries, albeit sometimes at the expense of environmental and human health. Characterized by its labor-intensive extraction from
Ilyas Nursamsi, Stuart R Phinn, N. Levin, M. Luskin, Laura J. Sonter   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecotoxicological Assessment of Mercury in Fish From a Gold‐Mining‐Impacted Amazonian River: Biomonitoring and Human Health Risk

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Peixoto de Azevedo River, located in northern Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, has a long history of artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM). This study evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish tissues to assess biomagnification and potential risks.
Augusto Cesar da Costa Castilho, Kleber Solera, Vinícius José Santos Lopes, Gleyce Alves Machado, Ricardo Lopes Tortorela de Andrade, Leandro Dênis Battirola   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of hazards in the workplaces of Artisanal mining in Katanga

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2011
Abstract
Elenge Molayi, Myriam, De Brouwer, Christophe   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Évaluation préliminaire des impacts environnementaux de l’orpaillage dans le Domaine de chasse de Bili-Uéré en République démocratique du Congo

VertigO
Environmental impacts resulting from human activities remain a fundamental concern of government policies on biodiversity protection in protected areas. One such activity causing these impacts is artisanal gold mining. Analyzing the case of the Bili-Uéré
Justin Kyale Koy, Antoine Tabu, Gloire Ganza Bamulezi, Matthieu Mamiki Kebongobongo, Serge Alebadwa Mombenga, Jean-Claude Kalala, Camille Welepele, Theodore Tréfon, Elie Lamarre   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Battling on multiple frontiers: an African feminist examination of women’s struggles in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)

Cogent Social Sciences
This paper presents an African feminist response to the invocation of culture in the exclusion and marginalization of women from access to and participation in resource spaces such as artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).
Linda Mensah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Obligation, Exemption and Remission: The Multi‐Layered Functioning of the Poll Tax (Cizye) in Ottoman Governance during the Long Eighteenth Century

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the poll tax (Ottoman Turkish cizye; Arabic jizya) levied on non‐Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire, not as a fixed, one‐dimensional tax item within the Ottoman fiscal system but as a multi‐layered administrative instrument organized around obligation, exemption and remission.
ÖZLEM BAŞARIR
wiley   +1 more source

International Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining and Mercury Contamination in Colombia [PDF]

, 2019
This paper describes key aspects of our experience with international interdisciplinary collaboration. Two Colombian engineers and an American interdisciplinary researcher comprised our team.
Cristian A. Flórez, Oscar Jaime Restrepo Baena, Mateo S. Pimentel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining : a practical guide; final technical report - output

, 2012
The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThis is a practical guide that policy makers, miners ...
Artisanal Gold Council, United Nations Environment Programme   +1 more
core   +1 more source