(PDF) Health impacts of industrial mining in Ghana and sub …
PDF | On Sep 4, 2021, Philip Adongo and others published Health impacts of industrial mining in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa: A Policy Brief | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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The impact of artisanal small-scale mining on sustainable …
The impact of artisanal small-scale mining on sustainable livelihoods: A case study of mining communities in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of Ghana - Author: Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh, Joseph Ato Forson ... The study seeks to answer the following questions: what is the impact of ASM on livelihoods in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem …
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(PDF) Land Use Challenges in Mining Communities – The Case of Tarkwa
PDF | On May 1, 2019, Theresa Y. Baah-Ennumh and others published Land Use Challenges in Mining Communities – The Case of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality | Find, read and cite all the research you ...
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(PDF) Land Use Challenges in Mining …
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Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in …
Introduction. Mineral wealth is an important asset that can be used to stimulate or enhance economic growth and spur infrastructure development, including the building of schools, hospitals and road networks.1 Mining has played a substantial role in the development of Ghana, which is second only to South Africa in terms of gold …
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Review on Effects of Mining in Ghana: The Case of Obuasi …
Furthermore, the mining industry's concentration on water use, particularly for small-scale miners, ignores the legacy impacts of such mines or the long-term effects of small-scale mining.
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Environmental Impacts of Mining: A Study of Mining Communities in Ghana
This paper provides an exposition on the environmental impacts of mining activities in Ghana. ... over 70% of the total land area of Tarkwa, a mining . community in ... corporate social ...
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Impact of mining sector investment in Ghana: A study of the Tarkwa …
For example, in the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS 2, covering 2006 to 2009), mining-related issues raised to be tackled included negative impact of some mining technologies, degradation of land, pollution of water and air, and high incidence of mining accidents.
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A Case Study of Mining Communities in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem …
Munich Personal RePEc Archive The Impact of Artisanal Small-Scale Mining on Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case Study of Mining Communities in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem …
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Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in …
Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found. How these environmental and health impacts are managed by the government, nearby communities and mining companies can either worsen or improve …
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Impact of Mining Sector Investment in Ghana: a Study of the Tarkwa
Following the implementation of the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in 1983, Ghana's mining sector has experienced significant growth, making Ghana one of the 10-leading producers of gold…
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Assessing potential health effect of lead and mercury and the impact …
This study sought to ascertain and measure the actual environmental impact of illegal mining activities in the Bonsa river in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, Ghana. The river was partitioned into upstream, midstream, and downstream locations, and water samples were collected and subjected to physicochemical and heavy metal …
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Untangling the complex web of environmental, social, and …
The relative abundance of dissolved copper isotopes in the Mekong River, which receives runoff from the abandoned Tarkwa gold mine, was examined. In this case study, only the quality of surface water was examined, with no consideration for other environmental, social, and economic factors. ... Social impact assessment in the …
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Assessing the Environmental and Socio-Economic …
Keywords: heavy metal; mining impact; integrated assessment; Tarkwa Municipality; risk perception; ... does research integrate the natural and social dimensions of the impacts of gold mining in a ...
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3.2: Social Impacts of Mining Activities in the River Bonsa 14 3.2.1: Health Implications 16 ... Tarkwa Head works was covered with sand due to uncontrolled activities of the illegal miners.
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Impacts of Surface Gold Mining on Land Use Systems in Western Ghana
This is unfortunate, because such an approach could provide novel insight into the environmental consequences of gold mining and help better understand mining impacts on coupled human–environment systems in Ghana and elsewhere. Remote sensing is a powerful tool to assess the extent and environmental impacts of mining …
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Assessing the Environmental and Socio-Economic …
researchers have documented the environmental and socio-economic impacts of gold mining in other countries [5–8]. However, due to research specialization and discipline-specific worldviews, seldom does research integrate the natural and social dimensions of the impacts of gold mining in a single paper [8,9].
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Assessment of health impacts of noise pollution in the Tarkwa Mining …
Request PDF | Assessment of health impacts of noise pollution in the Tarkwa Mining Community of Ghana using noise mapping techniques | Background Noise pollution is increasing across the world due ...
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THREATS TO FOREST RESERVE MANAGEMENT FROM …
Explore the impact of mining practices on forest reserve management in Tarkwa, highlighting the threats and challenges faced.
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Boom and Dislocation : The Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining
The Third World Network, a cross-continental, Southern research and advocacy initiative commissioned this study to provide an independent overview report on the general impact of mining on local communities in Ghana, which articulates their needs and rights. The study considers the place of mining in the national economy; the social and …
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The Socio-environmental impacts of small-scale mining …
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "The Socio-environmental impacts of small-scale mining operations in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality in Ghana" by S. Mensah ...
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Assessing the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts …
Gold mining has played an important role in Ghana's economy, however the negative environmental and socio-economic effects on the host communities associated with gold mining have overshadowed these economic gains. It is within this context that this paper assessed in an integrated manner the environmental and socio-economic …
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Assessing the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts …
Gold mining has played an important role in Ghana's economy, however the negative environmental and socio-economic effects on the host communities associated with gold mining have overshadowed these economic gains. It is within this context that this paper assessed in an integrated manner the enviro …
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The effects of mining activities on the schooling of …
xii, 88p. :ill. University of Cape Coast Institutional Repository The effects of mining activities on the schooling of indigenous youth and the corporate social responsibility of mining companies in Tarkwa
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Goldfields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mines and Community …
Mining activities are recognizable and visibly seen in the nature and scope of its activities in Africa. Even though there is growing concern of the negative dimensions of mining activities on the environment and even socio-cultural conditions of mining communities, mining projects can have major socio-economic impacts.
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tarkwa gold mining: Topics by Science.gov
Overall, the impact of gold mining is one of the strongest indicators of the Anthropocene in the Australian landscape, and the level of impact on rivers is substantially greater than recognized in the past. Perhaps of most interest is the rapid recovery of many river systems from the substantial impacts of gold mining. The result is that these ...
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(PDF) Assessing the Environmental and Socio …
Keywords: heavy metal; mining impact; integrated assessment; Tarkwa Municipality; risk perception; water quality; social issues; livelihood and economic issues; artisanal gold mining 1. Introduction The notion of …
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Social impact assessment in the mining sector: Review and comparison …
The reference list of social impacts of mining gathered in this study could be a starting point for the harmonization of indicators for the social sustainability assessment. In the future, the Raw Materials Information System, being the European reference web-based knowledge platform for raw materials, could provide this …
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ASSESSING THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL …
This research aimed to assess the social and environmental impact of an illegal mining operation in river Pra. In achieving the aim of the study, the following objectives were set: 1.3.2 Objectives 1. To identify the effects of mining illegally in the river Pra on water treatment and production at Daboase head works. 2.
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Impacts of Surface Gold Mining on Land Use Systems in Western Ghana
Land use conflicts are becoming increasingly apparent from local to global scales. Surface gold mining is an extreme source of such a conflict, but mining impacts on local livelihoods often remain unclear. Our goal here was to assess land cover change due to gold surface mining in Western Ghana, one of the world's leading gold mining …
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