Essays about: "Illegal mining"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Illegal mining.

  1. 1. An institutional weakness? – The participation of Chinese miners in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Enyam Joel Agbesinyale; [2023]
    Keywords : Chinese participation; ASGM; Institutional weakness; Rural transformation; Ghana; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the ongoing debate on the involvement of Chinese nationals in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. Despite the Minerals and Mining Law, Act 703 (2006) prohibiting foreigners from engaging in ASGM, it is reported that about 50,000 Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal mining activities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mining and Indigenous Peoples' rights: an analysis of the Brazilian Amazon from an international human rights law perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Liliana Picchi Cappuccelli; [2022]
    Keywords : Mining; gold; Indigenous Peoples; Brazilian Amazon; Indigenous lands; sustainable development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The present study seeks to understand the impacts of mining on Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the Brazilian Amazon. For this purpose, after an introduction of the context of mining historically, socially, and geographically in Brazil, a framework of Indigenous Peoples’ rights is described, and each right analyzed separately. READ MORE

  4. 3. Detecting illegal gold mining sites in the Amazon forest : Using Deep Learning to Classify Satellites Images

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Nathan Labbe; [2021]
    Keywords : Deep Learning; Image Classification; Image Segmentation; Environmental Monitoring; Illegal Gold Mines Detection; Djupinlärning; bildklassificering; bildsegmentering; miljöövervakning; upptäckt av illegala guldgruvor;

    Abstract : Illegal gold mining in the Amazon forest has increased dramatically since 2005 with the rise in the price of gold. The use of chemicals such as mercury, which facilitate the gold extraction, increases the toxicity of the soil and can enter the food chain, leading to health problems for the inhabitants, and causes the environmental scourge we know today. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessing Mining-related risks in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of Ghana

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Faustina Lina Yeboah; [2020]
    Keywords : Galamsey; MCA; GISwaps;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to assess the risks caused by illegal gold miningactivities (galamsey) in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality in Ghana with RemoteSensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques. Satellite imagerytogether with vegetation indices and the Australian Water Observation from Space(WOFS) algorithm was used to identify 3577 cells of potential galamsey sites in thePrestea Huni-Valley municipality. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Right to an Environment Free from Toxic Pollution & State Obligations to Eradicate Asbestos—Now is the time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Colette Heefner; [2019]
    Keywords : international human rights law; state obligations; toxic pollution; asbestos; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Asbestos mining and production manufacturing infringes on the right to live free from toxic pollution. Though as this right is not yet formally codified, this thesis will make a case for its recognition and concurrently push for a global ban of this fibrous set of naturally occurring minerals that are extremely hazardous to the human body. READ MORE