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The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and agricultural …
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A subsequent ASGM ban and increased monitoring of illegal mining activities in Ghana have not ultimately been successful at significantly reducing Hg use and its associated impacts caused by ...
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Mining activities also cause frequent destruction of farm lands without adequate compensation being paid to the affected farmers (Akabza et al., 2005). This research seeks to investigate the effect of smallscale gold mining on the woody vegetation of the Nangodi community in the Talensi-Nabdam district of the Upper East region of Ghana.
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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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Land use changes and mining activities, however, have the potential to compromise the safety of these resources. This study aims to investigate the land cover conditions before and during mining activities and assess the impact on forests, surface, and groundwater resources in the Asutifi North District, Ghana.
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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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The effect of illegal mining activities on vegetation: A case study of Bontefufuo Area in the Amansie West District of Ghana May 2020 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-29641/v1
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In the case of Ghana, the study found that about 47,000 ha of land was converted to ASM sites in the southwestern portion between 2005 and 2019. The researchers attributed …
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Galamsey, a popular name for small-scale mining in Ghana, is an important livelihood for many rural Ghanaians. Although concerns have been raised in the popular media about the adverse effects of ...
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The findings from the study showed that mining activities, especially that resulting from illegal small-scale mining (popularly known as 'galamsey') deplete environmental …
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Study area. Located in the South of Ghana, Accra (5°32′48.26″N, 0°12′34.33″W, 20 m above sea level (a.s.l)) lays in the agro-ecological zone of the Coastal Savannah 13.It …
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The Tarkwa Mining Area (TMA) falls in the rainfall belt of Ghana with evergreen Equatorial forest vegetation. TMA has witnessed clearance of large tracts of vegetation to make room for mining and ...
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Currently, small-scale surface mining in Ghana is rapidly increasing as the quest for minerals continues to gain ground and causes more damage to the vegetation cover than any other type of mining.
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The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper provides an exposition on the environmental impacts of mining activities in Ghana. The paper mainly focused on the mining activities in Prestea in the western region of the country.
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The government of Ghana responding to public outcry against the negative effects of "galamsey", placed a ban on illegal small-scale mining activities in March 2017.
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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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Aggregated mining development has direct and indirect impacts on vegetation changes. This impact shows spatial differences due to the complex influence of multiple mines, which is a common issue in resource regions. To estimate the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation response to mining activities, we coupled vegetation …
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This article discusses the impact of mechanised small-scale mining on the environment and livelihoods of peasant farmers within broader climate change processes in Ghana.
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Empirical research has revealed that the degree and rate of changes observed in our native environment are often accelerated by mining activities (Attiogbe & Nkansah, 2020). Thus, mining in various forms contributes immensely to observed changes in our immediate and distant environments. These changes include …
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In addition, a regional comparison study between mining impact and nonimpact areas was also performed to study the impacts induced by mining activities on the relationships between vegetation growth and GS. 2 Methods. The whole study schematic consisted of data, indices, and analysis portions (see Figure S1 in Supporting …
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Impacts of illegal mining (galamsey) on the environment (water and soil) at Bontefufuo area in the Amansie West district. J Environ Earth Sci, 8(7), 98-107. Kuffour, R. A., Tiimub, B. M., & Owusu Wellington, M. I. (2013). The Effect of Illegal Mining Activities on Vegetation: A Case Study of Bontefufuo Area in the Amansie West District of Ghana.
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The current analysis focuses on the environmental and health impacts of mining in Ghana and blends extant data from the literature as well as the co-authors' recent findings on the causes, status, trends, and consequences of mining in Ghana.
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The Effect of Illegal Mining Activities on Vegetation: A Case Study of Bontefufuo Area in the Amansie West District of Ghana Richard A. Kuffour *, Benjamin M. Tiimub, Isaac Manu and Wellington Owusu
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The findings reveal that illegal mining activities result in the discharge of untreated mine effluents, leading to contamination of rivers, streams, and underground water sources. …
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A study conducted by Mensah et al. (2015) on the environmental impact of mining in Ghana Prestea, found out that most of the major rivers in the mining communities, which served as the primary source of water for both domestic purposes and farming were heavily polluted by the activities of mining (Fig. 4 below). The activities …
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The Effect of Illegal Mining Activities on Vegetation: A Case Study of Bontefufuo Area in the Amansie West District of Ghana. Background: The destruction of vegetation cover is …
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Small-scale gold mining activities directly cause three main environmental footprints: land degradation, water pollution and diversion, and deforestation. Significant land …
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Mining activities and associated actions cause land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes across the world. The objective of this study were to evaluate the historical impacts of mining activities on surface biophysical characteristics, and for the first time, to predict the future changes in pattern of vegetation cover and land surface …
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activities of illegal mining and poses problems in Ghana to track and control small-scale mining practices. A United Nations (UN) research on artisanal and deprivation report estimates that there may be between 50,000 and 80,000 people engaged in illegal small-scale mining in Ghana [2]. While illegal mining undertakings have often
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illegal mining activities in Ghana have led to a significant decline in government revenue from the mining sector (Crawford & Botchwey, 2018). The evasion of taxes and r oyalties by illegal miners ...
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Table 5: Does Open Cast Mining Activities have effect on Forest Reserve ..... 52 Table 6: Open mining activities that poses threat to the Forest Reserves ..... 53 Table 7: Effects of Open cast mining activities on Forest Reserve Condition ... 55 Table 8: Respondents awareness of the impact of open cast mining on Forest
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