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Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research …

2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect …

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Impacts of Surface Gold Mining on Land Use Systems in Western Ghana

Surface gold mining is an extreme source of such a conflict, but mining impacts on local livelihoods often remain unclear. ... Overall, our study showed the weakening effects of gold surface mining on regional development. While Ghana's gold boom has resulted in substantial revenues at the national level, local people are clearly …

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Gold Mining Is Poisoning Amazon Forests with Mercury

Gold mining causes deforestation, which converts forests to polluted ponds and mobilizes large amounts of sediment from river bottoms. The burning of the gold-mercury amalgam also emits enormous ...

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Ghana hollows out forests and green protections to advance …

Most are for gold mining. Several are in ecologically sensitive areas, a Mongabay analysis showed. The highest number of large-scale mining concessions …

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Assessing the effects of gold mining on environment: A …

The key informant was selected specifically to infer the effects of gold mining on the environment in the study area. The survey results indicate that mining serves as a key source of income (53%), a source of raw materials (30%), and employment (17%). On the other hand, gold mining is a root cause of environmental problems such …

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Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining

In Niger, artisanal gold mining contributes to the socioeconomic development for populations and government. It involves more than 450.000 persons who pay artisanal gold mining taxes and more than 2.700.000 peoples depend on it. Gold panning produces between two and ten tons of gold per year, which represents 2.90% …

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(PDF) Socio-Economic Effects of Gold Mining in Mali. A …

This study of the economic and social effects of gold mining in Mali is a contribution to this body of knowledge. It follows similar CMI-led research on the social and economic impacts – or ...

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Heavy Metal Pollution from Gold Mines: Environmental Effects …

Although mining provides enormous social and economic benefits to nations, the long-term adverse effects on the environment and public health cannot be overlooked . Mining, mineral processing and metallurgical extraction are the three principal activities of gold mining industries which produce wastes.

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Potential implications of gold-mining activities on some …

open access. This study analysed 115 Gold Mining Impact (GMIs) research articles published in Web of Science (WOS) with the highest total lifetime citations and …

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The local socioeconomic effects of gold mining: Evidence …

The rapid expansion of small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa has raised significant concerns about its impact on the local economy. While ASM has the potential to raise incomes and mobilize investments, ultimately benefiting existing agricultural activities and livelihoods, it may also have adverse effects on local farming …

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Mining

Mining is the process of extracting useful materials from the earth. Some examples of substances that are mined include coal, gold, or iron ore.Iron . ore is the material from which the metal iron is produced.. The process of mining dates back to prehistoric times.. Prehistoric people first mined flint, which was ideal for tools and …

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Farmland Loss and Livelihood Effects: Diamond and Gold Mining

Mining businesses are problematic in developing countries because they intrude on farming ecologies, rendering arable lands almost unavailable to farmers and making them unproductive.

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Mining | Definition, History, Examples, Types, Effects, & Facts

Mining, process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the Earth, including the seas. A mineral, with a few exceptions, is an inorganic substance occurring in nature that has a definite chemical composition and distinctive physical properties or molecular structure. ... Technology has developed to the point where gold is now mined ...

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Mercury Exposure and Health Impacts among Individuals in …

The following search terms were included: Hg, MeHg, fish consumption, hair, blood, urine, neurological effects, kidney effects, health effects, and gold mining. The names of numerous countries where ASGM is known to occur were also included in searches. A total of 1,317 potentially relevant studies were identified.

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Gold mining's social and economic impact | World Gold …

In 2019, we released the Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMPs), a set of 51 detailed Principles that define responsible gold mining. In addition, we have built a substantive body of work in regards to climate change which looks at both the decarbonisation of the gold sector and gold the asset. Our research shows that there is …

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Mining impacts affect up to 1/3 of global forest ecosystems, …

A new WWF report, "Extracted Forests: Unearthing the role of mining-related deforestation as a driver of global deforestation", sheds light on how the impacts of mining, currently the fourth largest driver of deforestation, increases significantly, affecting up to 1/3 of the world's forest ecosystems, when indirect impacts are taken into account.

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In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging …

The KIO banned gold mining in its territories in December and has since stopped gold mining in Nam San Yang village, which is under partial KIO control. Colonel Naw Bu, the KIO's information officer, said during a phone interview that the KIO was investigating the few remaining gold mining operations in territories where it exercises …

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The potential threat of mine drainage to groundwater …

In the Philippines, artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations are major contributors to the Philippines' annual gold (Au) output, and these activities lack adequate tailings management strategies, so contamination of the environment is prevalent [34]. Carbonate aquifers hold substantial groundwater resources in many areas.

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Ecological and human health risks associated with abandoned gold …

Gold mining is a major source of metal and metalloid emissions into the environment. Studies were carried out in Krugersdorp, South Africa, to evaluate the ecological and human health risks associated with exposure to metals and metalloids in mine tailings contaminated soils. ... The effects of prolonged exposure of various fauna …

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The devastating impact of illegal gold mining in Latin …

Illegal gold mining devastates the environment, causing deforestation, biodiversity and habitat loss as well as water, air and soil pollution through the release of toxic chemicals. Local communities also suffer through forced population displacements, corruption, human rights violations and health issues associated with illegal mining. ...

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The Social and Economic Impacts of Gold Mining

As a mineral, gold has always epitomised prosperity, and gold mining is amongst the world's oldest forms of economic activity. Societal awareness and interest in gold as a …

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Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining

The majority of the world's gold is extracted from open pit mines, where huge volumes of earth are scoured away and processed for trace elements. Earthworks estimates that, to …

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"Illegal" Gold Mining Operations in Ghana: Implication for …

The Effects of Illegal Small-Scale Gold Mining ("galamsey") Activities on the Water Quality of the Akantansu and Sintim Rivers in the Asutifi North District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Unpublished paper. Amankwah, E. (2013). Impact of illegal mining on water resources for domestic and irrigation purposes.

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Potential implications of gold-mining activities on some …

This study carried out a global assessment of research that has been done on gold mining and its impacts on the environment between 1990 and 2018. Specifically, the patterns and evolution of gold mining-related studies for the period were analysed, and the proximity of gold mining operation effects on the immediate environment was also …

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The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining: Evidence …

DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2019.07.008 Corpus ID: 203285543; The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining: Evidence from Ghana @article{ChuhanPole2015TheLS, title={The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining: Evidence from Ghana}, author={Punam Chuhan-Pole and Andrew L. Dabalen and …

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An update on global mining land use | Scientific Data

The growing demand for minerals has pushed mining activities into new areas increasingly affecting biodiversity-rich natural biomes. Mapping the land use of the global mining sector is, therefore ...

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Historical Impact of the California Gold Rush

Effects of the Gold Rush. With the massive influx of migrants, California underwent a radical transformation in a very short amount of time. It changed from a sparsely populated region to a territory with enough people to constitute a state. ... Additionally, the Gold Rush created a severe lack of labor in the non-gold mining industries of not ...

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The exposure and toxic effects of mercury in gold mining …

Background: Mercury is used by artisanal — small-scale (ASM) gold miners throughout the World. In 2014, the Sudanese government produced over 60 tons of gold, which make Sudan ranked Africa's ...

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Effect of gold mine activity on water quality and human health

This study aimed to investigate the levels of heavy metals in surface and groundwater sources within the vicinity of the Zarshoran gold mine in Iran, as well as to evaluate the associated health and carcinogenic risks.

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In Colombia, legal mining proves a win-win for environment, …

Yet the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that in 2020, 41% of Colombia's alluvial gold mining — mining from streams or riverbeds — took place in Afro-Colombian territories ...

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The human rights impact of mining transition minerals in the

A key area of concern regarding the Tampakan project is the situation of Indigenous communities and the effects mining projects have on their lives. The mining project would dislocate over 1,000 Indigenous families and potentially trigger clan wars. Although the Tampakan mine has not opened yet, already 8 Indigenous people were killed.

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Socioeconomic Effects of Large-Scale Gold Mining: …

For gold mining, the decrease in agri-cultural participation can in part be caused by declining productivity within the sector because of mine pollution. This has been seen near Ghana's gold mines (Aragón and Rud 2013b). Two recent studies explore the effects of gold mining on urbanization rates in Ghana (Fafchamps, Koelle, and Shilpi 2015),

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(PDF) Effect of Gold Mining on Cocoa Production in the …

3.2 Perceived Effects of Gold Mining on Crop Production . The majority (83%) of cocoa farmers in mining areas (69 farmers) indicated that gold mining . has affect ed their crop production.

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