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Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues IGF and IIED recently launched this report highlighting how rising mineral prices and the struggle to earn a living from …
In a global context, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is critical in poverty reduction. The ASM sector is a viable pathway for creating sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation initiatives, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (Osumanu, 2020, p. 209; Mhangara et al., 2020).According to estimations, at least 40 million people are directly involved in the …
The policy environment in artisanal gold mining in Zimbabwe is shrouded in conflicting and inconsistent narrative. Evidently, artisanal gold mining is regulated by the police, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Ministry of Mines and ZANU (PF), which do not always work harmoniously (Mawowa, 2013; Felt, Soares, Bolding, Tartaglia, Itzkowitz & Gregorian ...
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Rural Transformation: Critical Insights on Five Decades of Development, Livelihoods and Policy Interventions
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining are the world's largest sources of anthropogenic mercury pollution. UNEP's "Minamata Convention on Mercury" supports programs to reduce and …
Artisanal gold mining and its adverse impacts on the Ngoyla-Mintom Forest Massif, Cameroon. International Journal of Resource and Environmental Management, 2(1), 3–24. Google Scholar Funoh, K. (2014). The impacts of artisanal gold mining on local livelihoods and the environment in the forested areas of Cameroon. Working Paper 150. CIFOR.
Accountability and Artisanal Mining Program. The program works to formalize the sector, bolster safety and environmental standards and reduce the dangerous use of mercury in gold mining. ... WSJ Wall Street Journal YTS Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta . State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector 2020 VII
The informal mining activities are characterized by low productivity, a lack of capital, poor technology, hazardous working conditions, land degradation, and pollution (Emel, Huber, & Makene, Citation 2011). Artisanal mining practices are common in Africa, and many researchers have investigated their attributes.
Introduction. Small-scale gold mining has served as a substantial means of subsistence for rural communities worldwide [].Research indicates that around 15 million people have engaged in gold mining as a result of the widespread …
Accountability and Artisanal Mining Program. The program works to formalize the sector, bolster safety and environmental standards and reduce the dangerous use of mercury …
The environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) are currently a major issue globally. There is cause for concern given the rapid loss of forest resources and pollution of water bodies through contamination with heavy metals like cyanide, arsenic, and mercury. The study investigated the livelihood and environmental implications of …
Journal of International Development is a development studies journal for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers focused ondevelopment policy, economics, and more. ... Abstract This paper contributes to the growing literature on the dynamics and governance challenges of artisanal mining in sub-Saharan Africa. It examines the artisanal ...
Enter journal, DOI, article type, keywords, authors, etc. Quick search in Citations. Journal* Year Volume* Issue* Page/eLocation ID* *Required field. Quick Search in Journals ... Although these results will change with future artisanal production estimates and artisanal mine site studies, the current results suggest that, rather than being a ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their extensive use in 'green technologies' for climate change mitigation, the negative environmental and occupational consequences of mining practices are disproportionately felt …
Environmental and occupational exposure to toxic metals has led many people around the world to have serious health problems. Mining activities contribute to an increased risk of exposure to these elements. In this work, a …
Artisanal and small-scale mining is a widespread economic sector in the African Great Lakes Region, where it has an adverse impact on the population's environment. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and consider the typology of the environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining, in particular, the anthropogenic influences on topography …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) is highly dangerous work associated with multiple occupational and environmental hazards. In most mines little consideration is given to …
Read the latest articles of Journal of Rural Studies at ScienceDirect, Elsevier's leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature. Skip to main content ... Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Rural Transformation: Critical Insights on Five Decades of Development, Livelihoods and Policy Interventions. Last update 29 November 2023.
2. Background on the artisanal mining/farming nexus, research context, and methods. The upsurge of ASGM across sub-Saharan Africa involving a wide variety of 'labour intensive activities without mechanisation' (Weng et al., Citation 2015) has led to wide-ranging debates about the ways in which poverty-driven gold mining fits – or remains invisible – within …
The Extractive Industries and Society is the one journal devoted to disseminating in-depth analysis of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining and oil and gas production on societies, both past and present. It provides a platform for the exchange of ideas on a wide range of issues and debates on the extractive industries and development, bringing together …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining imparts on economic development more significantly in developing countries, but it is also responsible for serious environmental deterioration and human ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries. Practically, these activities have influenced …
This paper is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an integrated assessment (IA) framework was utilized to analyze socio-economic, health, and environmental data, and co …
Specifically, since the International Roundtable on Artisanal Mining, where again, the link between ASM's growth and poverty was made for the first time, studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. Dreschler, 2001, Hilson and Garforth, 2013) have shown that a range of people, including farmers, redundant large-scale mine labourers, former ...
Illegal artisanal and small-scale mining practices: re-thinking the harm. Putu P. S. Agustina 1, Herdis Herdiansyah 1 and Anggi A. Harahap 2. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 819, 2nd International Conference Earth Science And Energy 11 November 2020, Kuala Lumpur, …
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 14, No.6, 2012) ISSN: 1520-5509 ... Artisanal mining usually employs very simple technologies, and there is no planning for rehabilitation after the closure of the mining operation (Prasetyo, et al., 2010). Furthermore, small-scale mining is largely a poverty- ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining are informal activities used as a source of family income in many countries, mostly in developing regions. They also represent rudimentary practices that generate environmental and health impacts. In these activities, gold is the main mineral extracted commonly using cyanide leaching as the main technique in their production …
The chapter examines the financing of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations for sustainable rural development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Artisanal gold mining is a growing threat to savanna biodiversity conservation (Bruner et al 2001, Cabeza et al 2019).In Africa (Ghana, Madagascar, Zimbabwe), efforts have been made to manage challenges emanating from the need to mine within protected areas with minimal success (Gandiwa and Gandiwa 2012, Owusu-Nimo et al 2018, Cabeza et al …
Worldwide, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) includes an estimated forty million participants, and ASM activities indirectly support more than 150 million people across eighty countries in the global South (Intergovernmental Forum, 2017: 2).In the South African context, the number of people employed in the sector is estimated to be between 10,000 and …
