Mining, it has been realised, affects environmental and social change no matter where it occurs. Miningrelated disruptions can impact the physical environment and or local communities (Miranda M et al, 2005). Some of the socioeconomic impacts and challenges of surface mining identified are:
grees of visible impacts of artisanal mining on the environments. They include soil depression; creation of water pools in abandoned unfilled mines and diHow to cite this paper: Sheriff, I., Gogra, and Koroma, (2018) Investigation into the Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining on the Livelihood .
1. Understand people's experiences — especially women's — of mininginduced displacement and resettlement in Tete province, Mozambique. The study focuses on capturing voices of resettled people who were moved to Mualadzi by Rio Tinto in 2013 and early 2014. 2. Support people from affected communities and local
impact of mining on livelihood health status of tribal people a case study of keonjhar March 2016 Conference: National Seminar on Marginalization and Development: Issues and Concerns
ple's livelihoods, focusing on lowincome and disadvantaged communities in urban South Africa, with the aim of providing a detailed 'view from below'. We present a snapshot of the quantitative evidence on the COVID19 impact that has been gathered at the national level .
animal rearing, mining of sand, gravel, rock mining and tree felling. Through these activities, overcultivation, overgrazing, deforestation and over excavation occurred over time (IFAD, 2002). Mining of sand and gravel on agricultural land is one of the alternative livelihood activities of the rural people in
Oil production and the transformation of livelihoods of communities in Ghana 5 Executive Summary Since the oil production started, prices have continued to increase for most basic commodities everywhere in Ghana. Ordinary people on the streets are especially affected by these price increments.
Floods are among the natural disasters that often impact society. Floods tend to be more short lived but more disastrous. Between 2012 and 2014, Lake Baringo experienced unprecedented increases in their water levels, resulting in calamitous flooding that has inundated entire villages. A study was conducted to establish among others the impacts of this flooding on livestock, health and livelihoods.
Impact of SmallScale Mining Operations on Economies and Livelihoods in Low to MiddleIncome Countries iii Executive Summary This report of the East Africa Research Fund (EARF) project 'Understanding the Economic Contribution of Smallscale Mining in East Africa' addresses the first of three main objectives of the Terms of Reference, namely to conduct an overarching synthesis to ...
IMPACTS OF FLOOD ON THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY OF A VILLAGE IN MANIKGANJ DISTRICT . A Dissertation for the Degree of Master in Disaster Management . By . Saleh Ur Rahman . Student ID: . Spring 2014 . Postgraduate Programs in Disaster Management (PPDM) BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Impact of Cyclone Aila on the Livelihood of People in Sunderbans, West Bengal. Three primary objectives guided the annex study – 1. Tracing the course of change in livelihood if any, in the post disaster situation and establishing its relatedness to the disaster. 2. Understanding the impliions and the impacts of change in livelihood, on
The Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (SLP) looks at three elements of livelihoods in developing countries in Africa and South Asia: agricultural intensifiion, livelihood diversifiion, and migration. Hence the first aim of this review is to identify what has been said in the literature about the way migration
The impact of livelihood transformations on gender ... including mining, tourism and commercial farming. Many of these alternative livelihoods are carried out alongside ... people/km², which is the lowest in Ethiopia. An estimated 10 percent of the population in Afar Region
· Alternative livelihood projects are used by a variety of organisations as a tool for achieving biodiversity conservation. However, despite characterising many conservation approaches, very little is known about what impacts (if any) alternative livelihood projects have had on biodiversity conservation, as well as what determines the relative success or failure of these interventions.
Mining has been blamed globally for harmful and impoverishing effects. Most countries are rich sources of gemstone, yet there is very little development, since miners, and those around mining sites, still live in abject poverty. This study sought answers on: "how mining activities have affected communities' livelihoods?". Data was gathered from, Mwatate Subcounty, Taita Taveta County ...
· This research article examines the impacts of coal mining on financial, physical, human, natural, and social capitals and how these capitals affect the rural livelihood practices in the Sonepur ...
Impacts of natural resource management programmes on rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe – the ongoing legacies of CAMPFIRE Elizabeth P. Harrison Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK.
· livelihoods. The effects of climate change imply that the local climate variability that people have previously experienced and have adapted to is changing and changing at relatively great speed. THE NEED FOR ADAPTATION The major impacts and threats of global warming are widespread (Figure II1). Increasing ocean temperatures
The Contribution of the Mining Sector to Socioeconomic and Human Development. c. b. Many low and middleincome mineralrich countries have experienced strong growth for a decade or longer, propelled by a rapid expansion of their mineral exports and a rise in prices of these commodities.
Smallscale mining, therefore, has a major impact on the employment situation in the developing world, especially in rural areas where there are few alternatives. Moreover, the enactment of relevant legislation and effective legalization of smallscale mining has had a positive impact on the economies of certain developing countries.
of rural livelihoods. About 4075% of the world's agricultural land's productivity is reduced due to land degradation (Baylis et al., 2012; UNCCD, 2013). This has strong impact on the livelihood of the most population living in the rural areas; Majority of the primary data of this study was collected through
Effects Of Mining on the Environment and Human Health Impacts of strip mining: Strip mining destroys landscapes, forests and wildlife habitats at the site of the mine when trees, plants, and topsoil are cleared from the mining area. This in turn leads to soil erosion and destruction of agricultural land.
