Socio-ecological analysis of artisanal gold mining in West Africa: a case study of Ghana

• Autorzy: Takyi Richard , Hassan Rasha , El Mahrad Badr , Adade Richard

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.46873/2300-3960.1322

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The surge in artisanal gold mining (AGM) activities and the associated environmental impact in Ghana have elicited several stakeholders' attempts to curb the problem. However, due to little understanding of the underlying issues, these efforts have been ineffective. This study aims to use a socio-ecological framework to analyze drivers of AGM activities, the environmental pressures, the state change, their impact on human welfare, and the management response as measures (DAPSI(W)R(M)) to the problem. Evaluate AGM's impact on Ghana's ability to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data were collected from relevant literature on the subject and analyzed with the DAPSI(W) R(M) framework. Esteem needs, food, acceptance and friendship, and self-actualization are the main drivers of AGM activities leading to environmental pressures, including abrasion, extraction of living and non-living resources, the introduction of non-synthetic compounds, among others. State changes of the environment resulting from the pressures generated by human activities were changes in the land and forest cover (1.13%), topography (hills turned into flatland and undulating), and biota. Due to the state in the environment, water quality and availability, agriculture food production, fish yield, food safety, spiritual and cultural loss, death, injury, and health of gold miners and other stakeholders have been affected.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

artisanal mining; environmental assessment; management; gold; Ghana

PL

górnictwo rzemieślnicze; ocena środowiskowa; zarządzanie; złoto; Ghana

• Wydawca: Elsevier ; Główny Instytut Górnictwa
• Czasopismo: Journal of Sustainable Mining
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 20, iss. 3
• Strony: 206--219
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 123 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Takyi Richard

• Blue Resources Research & Policy Institute, Box ML534 Mallam, Greater Accra Ghana

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5079-5898

autor

Hassan Rasha

• Department of Geography, University of Barcelona, Spain

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9291-451X

autor

El Mahrad Badr

• CIMA, Gambelas Campus, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6485-0539

autor

Adade Richard

• Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-4269

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