Diamond and gold mining has been practiced by artisanal miners in the Central African Republic (CAR) for decades. The recent introduction of riverine dredges indicates a transition from artisanal/manual digging sorting techniques to small-scale methods. This study implements remote sensing analysis Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data map diamond operating on Kadéï (Sangha) river CAR. Riverine v...

Gold mining is a significant strategic sector for local, regional, and national economies. The rapid development of coexisting camp-type artisanal small-scale gold (C-ASGM) large-scale (LSM) accelerates the environmental health risks associated with mercury pollution; however, transformations sites have not been well quantified. This study used remote sensing (the PlanetScope smallsat constella...

Artisanal goldminers in Ghana are exposed to various levels and forms of health, safety environmental threats. Without the required legislation regulations, artisanal miners responsible for their own health at work. Consequently, understanding probabilities self-protection work by is crucial. A cross-sectional survey 500 was conducted examine personal protective equipment use among Ghana. The d...

The main objective of the paper is to assess implications business expansion approach economic development in Zimbabwe on quality environment. In terms research methodology, adopted a mixed methodology and utilized parallel semantic convergent design. study gathered data using questionnaires, interviews, observations from 600 randomly selected businesses agriculture, entrepreneurship, small-sca...

BACKGROUND An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational exposures that frequently result in widespread environmental contamination. Frequently, the mining activities are conducted haphazardly ...