The dynamics and livelihood implications of illegal mining in Ghana…
Discourses on "illegal" or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to the ...
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: …
PDF | On Jan 1, 2012, Edwin Eric Owusu and others published The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: Evidence From Kwaebibirem District In Ghana | Find, read and cite all the research ...
Digging Deeper: The Impact of Illegal Mining on …
ABSTRACT Illegal mining has emerged as a pressing issue with significant implications for economic growth and development in Ghana. This systematic review examines the …
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: …
The purpose of this study was to assess the educational implications of children involved in small scale mining activities at Kyebi in the Abuakwa South District of Ghana. …
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: …
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: Evidence From Kwaebibirem District In Ghana
Challenges with Eradicating Illegal Mining in Ghana: A
Illegal mining in Ghana has become a significant challenge, giving rise to various social conflicts and acts of violence within affected communities.
(PDF) The Ban on Illegal Mining in Ghana: Environmental …
The study was conducted to assess the effects of small-scale (artisanal) gold mining and its social and economic implications on the people in Amansie West District of Ghana. The artisanal gold mining communities were studied using secondary data
Government's ban on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, youth …
The study revealed that licensing procedures that do not address environmental impacts, government ban on illegal mining (galamsey) activities as well as poor capacity and financial constraints ...
Digging Deeper: The Impact of Illegal Mining on Economic …
By shedding light on the multifaceted impacts of illegal mining, this systematic review provides valuable insights for policymakers, researchers, and …
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: …
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of illegal mining on the Ghanaian youth, using Kwaebibirem district in Ghana as a case study. The prominent of this …
(PDF) The Ban on Illegal Mining in Ghana: Environmental …
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 ...
Illegal Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana: A Public …
The Historical Development of the Illegal Mining Sector in Ghana: System Dynamic ... Osman N, Afele JT, Nimo E, Gorleku DO, Ofori LA, Abunyewa AA. Assessing the impact of illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) on cocoa farming and Farmer livelihood: A case study in the Amansie ... youth unemployment, and collusion among influential figures …
Ghana's battle against illegal mining: A call for sustainable …
In the lush landscapes of Ghana, illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has cast a dark shadow over the nations development. It threatens the environment, society and economy of the country.
IMPACT OF ILLEGAL MINING ON WATER RESOURCES …
scale mining activities in mining communities especially illegal mining popularly called galamsey in Ghana. It was observed during the process that the mining activities are quite lucrative and offer jobs to many of the youth as well as women who sell at these mining communities across the country.
Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana
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 …
ASSESSING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ILLEGAL …
International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, United Kingdom Licensed under Creative Common Page 87 unemployment and illiteracy have the strongest influence on illegal mining in Ghana.
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: …
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of illegal mining on the Ghanaian youth, using Kwaebibirem district in Ghana as a case study. The prominent of this activity in the district triggered the researchers to undertake this study to expose some of its effects on the youth in the district which include destruction of farms, pollution of …
The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: …
Illegal mining is pollution is both dangerous to human life and other living organisms which support human existence. Galamsey activities are responsible for deforestation and soil erosion in most of the mining communities in Ghana which Denkyira corridor is …
ILLEGAL MINING AS THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA…
Within the past few decades, Ghana's mining sector specifically the small scale mining subsector has been marred by controversies mainly due to its threat to sustainable development.
Illegal Mining In Ghana
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. This ban stopped both 'legal' small-scale and the illegal artisanal miners from carrying out any such activity.
Galamsey: Ghana's illegal mining menace threatens …
Galamsey, an illegal form of small-scale mining, has emerged as a pressing environmental and social issue in Ghana.
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese …
This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is accomplished vi...
Digging Deeper: The Impact of Illegal Mining on …
Illegal mining has emerged as a pressing issue with significant implications for economic growth and development in Ghana. This systematic review examines the impact of illegal mining on the country's economy and its overall development trajectory. The study focuses on the adverse effects of illegal mining,
Insight into Illegal Mining Phenomenon Galamsey in …
Ghana experienced a worrying dimension to the usually known effects of illegal mining as it was widely observed that farmers and landowners from over six regions of Ghana were selling their cocoa farms and farmlands to illegal mining operators for peanuts in a bid to acquiring instant monetary gains.
ASSESSING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ILLEGAL
Illegal mining activities are predominant in the western, central, and eastern parts of Ghana, and these places hold the majority of unskilled and unemployed youths (60% of …
Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on …
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on livelihoods in cocoa farming communities: A case of Amansie West District, Ghana" by P. Donkor et al.
IMPACT OF ILLEGAL SMALL-SCALE MINING ON THE …
ii presbyterian university college, ghana faculty of development studies. department of rural and community development . impact of illegal small-scale mining on the
(PDF) ASSESSING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ILLEGAL MINING …
On this basis, it is recommended that there should be mass education on the negative effects of illegal mining and this education should focus on males, heads and youth. View Show abstract
Digging Deeper: The Impact of Illegal Mining on Economic …
Abstract Illegal mining has emerged as a pressing issue with significant implications for economic growth and development in Ghana. This systematic review …
Assessing potential health effect of lead and mercury and the impact …
In Ghana, the impact on surface and groundwater bodies has been great, particularly in gold mining areas [4]. Gold mining in Ghana plays a major role in the country's economy generating a significant proportion of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [5]. Illegal gold mining is among the activities highly practiced by …