Security measures alone are insufficient to resolve resource governance challenges in the DRC.
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An increase of just 0.03% in illegal gold mining is associated with a 20 to 46% increase in the local incidence of malaria in Yanomami lands in the Brazilian Amazon.
Deploying the military can reduce violent crime (temporarily) but does not address its root causes.
Illegal mining has ravaged Ghana’s water bodies and forests.
The activities of illegal miners are a threat to the sustainability of the crater.
Elite competition for dominance over illegal mining locations leads to funding of armed bandits, and the use of violence against civilians in north-west Nigeria.
Security governance at abandoned or closed mining sites must be improved and inclusive policies that address employment needs must be implemented.
In Zimbabwe it was believed that if a woman went underground the gold seam would vanish, but above ground women held spiritual power over mines.
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.
The narrative of criminality is dangerous. It dehumanises destitute people, who are forced into informal mining to escape poverty.
Several of Ghana’s water bodies and forests have been destroyed by illegal small-scale mining.
Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
Environmental degradation and altered landscapes, both due to human action and climate change, increase the incidence of already known diseases and the risk of new zoonoses emerging
The activities of artisanal small-scale miners can be turned into an economic good.
From butchers to hawkers, and shelters to miners, this book reveals the informal economy and texture of the city.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a look back at Ghana in 2022.
Grassroots miners are disadvantaged by current regulations.
A community centred approach is key to making headway in the battle against illegal mining
Ghana’s government should shift to a community-based and voluntary approach to forest restoration and conservation
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