- Tytuł:
- Socio-ecological analysis of artisanal gold mining in West Africa: a case study of Ghana
- Autorzy:
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Takyi, Richard
Hassan, Rasha
El Mahrad, Badr
Adade, Richard - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2073904.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021
- Wydawca:
- Główny Instytut Górnictwa
- Tematy:
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artisanal mining
environmental assessment
management
gold
Ghana
górnictwo rzemieślnicze
ocena środowiskowa
zarządzanie
złoto - Opis:
- The surge in artisanal gold mining (AGM) activities and the associated environmental impact in Ghana have elicited several stakeholders' attempts to curb the problem. However, due to little understanding of the underlying issues, these efforts have been ineffective. This study aims to use a socio-ecological framework to analyze drivers of AGM activities, the environmental pressures, the state change, their impact on human welfare, and the management response as measures (DAPSI(W)R(M)) to the problem. Evaluate AGM's impact on Ghana's ability to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data were collected from relevant literature on the subject and analyzed with the DAPSI(W) R(M) framework. Esteem needs, food, acceptance and friendship, and self-actualization are the main drivers of AGM activities leading to environmental pressures, including abrasion, extraction of living and non-living resources, the introduction of non-synthetic compounds, among others. State changes of the environment resulting from the pressures generated by human activities were changes in the land and forest cover (1.13%), topography (hills turned into flatland and undulating), and biota. Due to the state in the environment, water quality and availability, agriculture food production, fish yield, food safety, spiritual and cultural loss, death, injury, and health of gold miners and other stakeholders have been affected.
- Źródło:
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Journal of Sustainable Mining; 2021, 20, 3; 206--219
2300-1364
2300-3960 - Pojawia się w:
- Journal of Sustainable Mining
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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