In Ghana, small-scale mining (SSM) hasbeen carried out formany years, generating employment and income. Currently, illegal artisanal mining ('galamsey') has impacted the environment negatively,
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public health implications of illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana. The review focused on assessing the current state of illegal gold mining, evaluating the effectiveness of...
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Ghana, like most resource-rich countries, is saddled and inundated with resource curse challenges. Key among them is the problem of illegal small-scale gold mining activities (ISSGMAs), which is mercilessly robbing the nation of its ecological integrity, despite attempts by successive governments to remedy the situation. In the …
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Drawing on findings from multiple qualitative studies in Ghana, we found that the one 'small-scale' mining licence regime was problematic and took no account of the diverse environmental impacts, the safety concerns, and the uneven economic returns from the various mining methods (alluvial, underground, and surface/open-pit mining) …
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For many years, Ghana's government focused on large-scale mining. Small-scale mining was neglected until 1989, when a new law was passed to legalise and regularise the sector by introducing a ...
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Ghana has abundant mineral reserves in many of its regions, and gold mining remains one of the country's main sources of revenue. Given Ghana's current position in the global gold market, this review provides insight into the ASGM sector to give an understanding of the pertinent issues in the sector and its role in the socio-economic …
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It makes you cough endlessly before it kills you", claimed Mma Ajara, a 67-year-old woman, when asked about the health implications of "shanking." Shanking is a common practice in hard rock mining in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) industry.
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Ghana's small-scale mining sector faces complex challenges, including environmental degradation and pollution, loss of life and increased health risks, despite several years of implementation of small-scale mining laws. These challenges, generally, are known to have escalated because of illegal small-scale mining, locally known as " galamsey ".
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Small-scale mining in Ghana is defined to include both the exploitation of mineral deposits (1) using fairly rudimentary implements and/or (2) at low levels of production with minimal capital ...
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The examples also make clear that for many of the most concerning medical conditions, the health risks to children are poorly known. ... traditional artisanal and small‐scale mining has evolved through time to illegal small mining operated by an ever‐changing collection of violent Marxist revolutionary groups like FARC, ELN and …
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Ghana is fast losing its ecological health to illegal gold mining (IGM), since …
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In Ghana, small-scale mining (SSM) has been carried out for many years, generating employment and income. Currently, illegal artisanal mining ('galamsey') has impacted the environment negatively, …
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The activities of galamsey operations contribute to environmental factors …
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The proliferation of illegal mining in Ghana, coupled with its environmental impacts, especially on water bodies has compelled the government to ban all artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) activities in the country. The ban is intended to promote environmental sustainability while the government takes steps to provide sustainable …
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Recently, there have been efforts by stakeholders to monitor illegal mining (galamsey) activities, foster their formalization and reclaim the many abandoned wastelands in Ghana.
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2017). As a result, illegal small-scale mining activities increased after the legalization which was meant to regulate the mining activities to sustain the environment (Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, 2017). The illegal small-scale gold mining is termed as "Galamsey", which emanated
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As Ghana grapples with the challenges posed by illegal small-scale gold mining, it must learn from countries that have managed to mitigate the negative impacts. Peru's experience in small-scale ...
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Applying the Theoretical Bases of Public Administration and the Different Phases of Governance to Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana. A core tenet of public administration is that societal values influence our understanding of public problems (Van der Wal 2008 ).
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In 2006, SSM regime was integrated into the new Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act …
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―Gold Coast‖, now called Ghana. Lesser expenditure or capital is needed to undertake small-scale mining. In that regard, a group of persons not more than twenty in number, or a co-operative group numbering ten or more can carry out small-scale mining. Small-scale mining is also referred to as ―galamsey‖ in the local parlance (Hilson, 2002).
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a major driver of the economy, directly employing an estimated 1m Ghanaians and supporting around 4.5m others. ASM – categorised by concessions of under 4000 sq metres – has accounted for around onethird of the country's total gold output in recent years. "Almost all the jewellery worn in Ghana
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Studies show that artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) activities are often unregulated and have led to the destruction of the environment in diverse ways (Baah-Ennumh, 2010; Hilson, 2017; Hilson …
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The Case of 'Illegal' Small-Scale Mining in Ghana Alex Osei-Kojo and Nathan Andrews IntroductIon Recent reports indicate that 'illegal' artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) contin - ues to ourish in mining communities in Ghana, despite several attempts by governmental apparatuses to stop it.1 In response, two presidents, John
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Ghana is fast losing its ecological health to illegal gold mining (IGM), since the last two decades. Aside the dearth and paucity of studies on IGM, prior literature on IGM have largely concentrated on unidimensional methods at the neglect of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM).
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There is a paucity of literature that specifically targets the effects of illegal …
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The proliferation of illegal mining in Ghana, coupled with its environmental impacts, especially on water bodies has compelled the government to ban all artisanal small-scale mining (ASM ...
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Sixty percent of Ghana's water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining activities. Ghana is the leading producer of gold in Africa and about 35% of it is extracted by small-scale ...
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by reducing and where feasible eliminate the use of Hg for small-scale mining. However, due to some legal limitations to the current situation there is the need to amend some of these laws to help ...
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The health impacts of mining on surrounding communities include …
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This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental performance in the industry.
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Boateng DO, Nana F, Codjoe Y, Ofori J (2014) Impact of illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) on cocoa production in Atiwa district of Ghana. Int J Adv Agric Res 2:89–99. Google Scholar Crawford G, Botchwey G (2016) Foreign involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana and its impact on resource fairness.
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One main strategy to regulate the small-scale mining sector is to enforce institutions and legislative instruments. North (1990, 3) defines institutions as "the rules of the game in a society, or more formally, are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction … they structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, …
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