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Sep 1, 2020Q2 power supply target down 20% THE increase in illegal gold mining activities is becoming a threat to the country's infrastructure and environment that could affect the socio-economic development. Land degradation is said to have increased during the national lockdown period as little focus has been given to environmental issues.
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The result of the analyzes showed that consequences of mining activities were not limited to distortion of soil landscape but also included extinction of some animals, poor agricultural productivity, health problems, lack of education, communal conflicts, land degradation, mine pits and other structural damages.
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The protests and agitation that took place against rampant mining operations owing to the Chinese boom in the last decade compelled the Supreme Court to order ban in September, 2012. With this background the current study aims at assessing the impact of this ban on the socio-economic characteristics of the households in the mining belt of Goa.
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The key direct impact of mining on forest ecosystems is the removal of vegetation and canopy cover. Indirect impacts include road-building and pipeline development, which may result in habitat fragmentation and increased access to remote areas. While larger intact forest ecosystems may withstand the impacts of mining and oil development,
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According to the Minerals Council of South Africa fact sheet of 2018, illegal mining in the country has an annual estimated commercial value of R7-billion. This is a great loss to the economy. The reason artisanal miners work illegally is caused by various push and pull factors. First is the push factor of the socio-economic climate.
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This study seeks to reveal and understand the gap that exists between the good intentions of the social and labour plans submitted by the mining corporates when applying for mining rights, and the poor socio-economic development levels that exist in the mining communities of the Amajuba District.
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The area is dangerously dependent on mining, which contributed to 68% of Rustenburg's Gross Domestic Product in 2011. The study recommends that industry players should improve the coordination of sustainability projects and that more cooperation between government and the industry is needed. This is especially critical given that the current ...
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Mining have also impacted negatively on health, altered social relations, created unemployment as well as promoting social ills that included prostitution and crime. vi The ZMDC companies have reacted to the noted effects of their mining activities on the local people and the environment.
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The purpose of this book is to examine both the positive and negative socioeconomic impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries. In recent years, a number of governments have attempted to formalize this rudimentary sector of industry, recognizing its socioeconomic importance. However, the industry continues to be plagued by.
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Loss of Public Revenue: Driven by lobbying, political donations, and corruption, minerals are often sold at prices significantly lower than what they are worth. Illegal mining, in many cases, has a similar effect while additionally causing loss of public revenues.
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However, the proliferation of rent-seeking has hindered many African states from achieving their socio-economic development goals. But most importantly, it has perpetuated the Resource Curse. The impact of rent-seeking and patronage systems has been high levels of corruption, which have become entrenched in many African mining countries.
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The socio-economic benefits of small scale mining, which include employment and income generation, are seriously outweighed by devastating environmental costs and impacts. ... which depend on size of work force, timing, methods used to carry out the operations and whether operations are legal, illegal, formal or informal (Dreschler, 2001). The ...
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Impact of Illegal Gold Mining / Panning on Farming Activities in Zimbabwe's New Resettlement Areas; A Case of Selected Farms along the Mazowe River in Bindura District; Mashonaland Central Province ... The Impact and Effect of Illegal Mining (galamsey) towards the Socio-economic Development of Mining Communities:A Case Study of Kenyasi in the ...
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loss of swamp habitat through polder development removal of vegetation oil spills from wells, pipelines and oil tankers with minor to moderate pollution of land, swamps, rivers and canals minor impacts on: - noise, vibration and air pollution - hydrology, water flow, swamp level, water quality - increased risk of peat fires on fauna .
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• Improve coherence of laws and policies across the mining and forestry sector to enhance livelihoods and minimize environmental impacts. Special attention should be paid to mitigating conflicting interests between small-scale and large-scale mining activities; and for mining activities in protected areas such as forest reserves.
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Illegal gold mining activities contribute tremendously to the local economy of the communities within which the practice is conducted. Despite such developments, its activities come with several environmental, economic, developmental and societal and educational challenges that governments, environmentalists, and educationalists have fought several decades to overcome.
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Poor implementation of recommendations: The report of the Oversight Committee by the National Green Tribunal (NGT ), Uttar Pradesh (where illegal sand mining has created a severe hazard) has either failed or only partially complied with orders issued regarding compensation for illegal sand mining.
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findings from the study showed that mining activities, especially that resulting from illegal small-scale mining (popularly known as 'galamsey') deplete environmental resources such as water, soil, the landscape, vegetation, the ecosystem, among others. The paper concluded that major rivers in the region have been heavily polluted, especially
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Th ose impacts may result from, or be accelerated in part, by any of the following: } having large work camps near small communities } additional in-migration by new workers } the presence of more disposable income in the community and } altered cultural norms.
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national wealth with associated socio-economic benefits. Mineral resources are an important source of wealth for a nation but before they are harnessed, they have to pass through the stages of exploration, mining and processing (Adekoya, 2003; Ajakaiye, 1985). Different types of environmental damage and hazards inevitably accom-
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There is a current lack of social capital in the mining industry in Africa which is evidenced by the continued rise in tensions and pressure from communities and citizens seeking increased accountability and direct participation in the activities of the sector.
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The negative impact of Illegal Gold Mining / IGM on the environmental sector in Batang Asai District, Sarolangun Regency, Jambi was investigated through a descriptive qualitative method. ... A. G. N. (2006). The Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts of Mining on Local Livelihoods in Tanzania : A Case Study of Geita District. Journal of ...
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the mining sector is also estimated to employ about 20 000pe ople of the country's labour force representing 35 percent of those employed in the industrial sector (Ismi, 2003).Thus the general contribution of mining and its related activities to the socio-economic development of the communities in which they are carried out is immense.
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This paper evaluates the impact of Artisanal Surface Gold Mining (ASGM) on socioeconomic development of Rosterman, Kakamega Central Sub-County. The study objective was to examine the impact of surface gold mining on income status of the people of
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There are some types of development - large-scale infrastructure such as mining, dams, roads and railways, urban development, and development of tourist facilities - that can cause significant negative impacts to the Outstanding Universal Value of the World Heritage properties.
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the socio-economic importance of the industry is examined with particular reference to employment and earnings. The environmental impacts of small-scale mining in Ghana are then detailed, along with the land-use disputes that have occurred in the industry. The report concludes by providing contact information for some important people involved in
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2. Socio-economic status of countries adjacent to the study region 3. Characterization of socio-economic interests in ABNJ 3.1 The socio-economic dependency on marine ecosystem services 3.2 Key economic sectors 3.3 Supporting and cultural services 3.4 Regulating and maintenance services 3.5 Other activities and interests 4.
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"Historically, illegal mining was associated with derelict and ownerless mines; however, it is now having an impact on operational and licensed mines. It is estimated that the South African economy and the mining sector lost approximately R49 billion in 2019 to illegal mining," he said.
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Illegal mining drives Nigeria's rural banditry and local conflicts. 2020-05-28. Africa's artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector has development potential. At its peak in 2017 this sector in Niger employed directly and indirectly as many as 600 000 people and created opportunities for local infrastructural development.
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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has warned that if not abated, illegal mining 'will reach crisis proportions' and poses a 'threat to national security, government authority ...
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A report by UNDP and UN Environment ( 2018) shows how mining has both positive and negative implications for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particularly strong impacts on 11 out of the 17 SDGs. Nearly two-thirds of the countries in the world have been classified resource-rich, but they have remained low income in the last 25 years.
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The socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis is real. It is therefore essential to inform the populations on the impact and advice policy-makers in order to better prepare and lessen the adverse impact of the pandemic. In this regard, this paper structures the policy recommendations into two types:
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CONTEXT. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining occurs in approximately 80 countries worldwide. There are approximately 100 million artisanal miners globally. Artisanal and small-scale production supply accounts for 80% of global sapphire, 20% of gold mining and up to 20% of diamond mining. It is widespread in developing countries in Africa, Asia ...
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which mining operations can impact development and have done so already; it also investigates under what circumstances and policy frame-works the mining sector has been able to act as an engine of sustained and widespread socioeconomic growth in low- and middle-income coun-tries. The Natural Resource Curse
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Megaprojects in the mining sector, such as Oyu Tolgois underground mine development, Tavan Tolgoi, and the IMFs program will play a central role in reviving economic growth. In 2010, the PoM adopted the Fiscal Stability Law (FSL), which took effect in 2013. The Fiscal Stability Fund (FSF) was established in 2011.
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Mining giant, AngloGold Ashanti, has launched a programme to develop Obuasi over the next 10 years. The company on Thursday launched a 10-year socio-economic plan for Obuasi and its adjoining ...
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The mining of minerals from various parts of the country has destroyed several communities leading to biodiversity loss, land degradation and loss of farmland, reducing the potential for...
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Although most illegal miners are propelled into the field by socio-economic circumstances, there is also a need to understand the criminal syndicates involved. ... The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (20 of 2002) aims to regulate artisanal mining, but has had limited impact on illegal mining. A critical problem is that illegal ...
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Many of the potential economic benefits of the small-scale mining sector are lost through poor practice in mining, processing and marketing the target minerals. Similarly, it is impossible in the meantime to evaluate the exact income generated from ASGM activities in Rosterman due to fluctuations in daily earned income (Maranga et al., 2015).
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Impact on the Mining sector. ... Other Socio-economic effects of sanctions. ... state without the authorisation of UNSC resolution are illegal in nature because they infringe upon States' right to economic and social development. Cognisant of this, the UN General Assembly has passed a resolution which calls upon all States not to recognise ...
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