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Goldmining and traditional leadership: Challenges to governing the small-scale gold mining sector in Suriname

Caravelle, 2023
Small-scale gold mining has become the main income for many traditional groups around the world in the past decades. Apart from the negative impacts on several aspects of tribal life, this sector also lead to challenges for tribal leadership in the ...
Ine Apapoe
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Garimpeiros de Ouro e Cooperativismo no século XXI. Exemplos nos rios Tapajós, Juma e Madeira no Sudoeste da Amazônia Brasileira

Confins, 2017
This article discusses: 1) who are the small scale miners in the contemporary Brazilian Amazon, how they act and what are their characteristics in comparison with other forms of mining; and 2) the informality of small scale mining in opposition to the ...
Maria Célia Coelho, Luiz Jardim Wanderley , Reinaldo Costa   +2 more
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Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Commercial-scale mining for polymetallic nodules could have a major impact on the deep-sea environment, but the effects of these mining activities on deep-sea ecosystems are very poorly known. The first commercial test mining for polymetallic nodules was
Daniel O B Jones, Stefanie Kaiser, Andrew K Sweetman, Craig R Smith, Lenaick Menot, Annemiek Vink, Dwight Trueblood, Jens Greinert, David S M Billett, Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Teresa Radziejewska, Ravail Singh, Baban Ingole, Tanja Stratmann, Erik Simon-Lledó, Jennifer M Durden, Malcolm R Clark   +16 more
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Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal

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, Falaye Danfakha, Heidi Hausermann, Jacqueline R. Gerson   +3 more
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The hazardous nature of small scale underground mining in Ghana

Journal of Sustainable Mining, 2016
Small scale mining continues to contribute significantly to the growth of Ghana's economy. However, the sector poses serious dangers to human health and the environment.
K.J. Bansah, A.B. Yalley, N. Dumakor-Dupey   +2 more
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Ecological aspects shaping child labour in Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale gold mines: A qualitative inquiry

Heliyon, 2023
Background: This study describes factors promoting child labour in small-scale gold mines in rural Tanzania, a pernicious problem despite the country's adoption of laws and regulations intended to curb it. Methods: Employing a phenomenological design, we
Emmy Metta, Ramadhani Abdul, Alison Koler, Eveline Geubbels   +3 more
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THE EVOLVING PARADIGM OF COMMUNITY MINING SCHEMES IN GHANA: PROSPECTS AND LESSONS FOR OTHER MINING JURISDICTIONS IN AFRICA

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background: Globally, Ghana is one of the major mining jurisdictions that has rolled out community mining schemes in response to curbing illegal small-scale mining.
Simon Victory Quarcson Hamenoo, Theresa Y. Baah-Ennumh , Rudith S. King   +2 more
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

, 2021
Artisanal gold mining occurs informally and therefore relies on low technologies and extraction methods lacking pollution controls. As a result, despite the fact that artisanal gold mining produces only twenty percent of the world’s gold, it releases more mercury than any other sector and represents the largest source of mercury emissions.
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Methodology to Determine the Associative Potential of Small-Scale Mining Communities

Mining
This study presents a methodology developed in collaboration with the Colombian National Mining Agency, aimed at enhancing the economic and productive activity of small-scale miners in Colombia through the promotion of associativity.
Oscar Jaime Restrepo-Baena, Sara Pérez-Zapata, María Margarita Gamarra, Jorge Iván Tobón, Gustavo Viana   +4 more
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Partnership on Reducing Mercury in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)

E3S Web of Conferences, 2013
The Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining Partnership area is an initiative to reduce global mercury pollution through coordinated voluntary actions. This partnership area, co-led by Natural Resources Defense Council and the United Nations Industrial ...
Bernaudat L., Keane S.
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