This is the first of a series of CEEST reports on research and studies on energy, the environment, sustainable natural resource use and management, and science and technology. Tanzanian Government revenue from the mining sector has been growing rapidly since 1990. Recognising the need to sustain small-scale mining activities which have grown rapidly in recent times, the report assesses the
Get PriceWomen's direct participation in artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) varies throughout the world. This chapter intends to explore these issues within Africa. It provides the evolving gender roles of women in African ASM communities, the impacts of ASM on women miners and factors exacerbating and mitigating inequities in power, the
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Get PriceArtisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)—low tech, labour intensive mineral processing and excavation activity—is an economic mainstay in rural sub-Saharan Africa, providing direct employment to over two million people. This paper introduces a special issue on 'Small-scale mining, poverty and development in sub-Saharan Africa'.
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Get Price19/08/2019· Book Description. Disputes and dispossession of property rights in the mining sector are causes of injustice, violence, and forced resettlement around the world. This comprehensive volume examines mining, particularly what is often called 'Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining', from a perspective of governance and rights.
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