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  Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining in Community …

  202463 · Abstract: Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) using mercury affects community agreements for the conservation of forests (CoS) and lakes (CoH), which have a high level of biodiversity in the Peasant Reserve Zone of the Cimitarra River Valley (ZRC-VRC) in Colombia.

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  Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

  202091 · Here, the authors map mining areas and assess spatial coincidence with biodiversity conservation sites, and show that new mining threats to biodiversity may surpass those averted by climate change ...

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  Detecting gold mining impacts on insect biodiversity in a …

  In this study, we set out to detect artisanal gold mining using high-resolution imagery and relate mining land cover to insects, a taxonomic group that accounts for the majority of faunal biodiversity in tropical forests.

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  The global challenge of reducing mercury contamination from artisanal ...

  202432 · Mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) currently accounts for 37% of the global total, often affecting tropical regions where regulations, if they exist, are often ...

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  An update on global mining land use - Scientific Data

  2022722 · Here we present a new dataset that improves global mining land use accounting by significantly expanding our previous global-scale dataset of mining sites 21, 23. The data update includes 44,929 ...

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  Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in …

  2024530 · Illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has significant negative environmental and social impacts, including contributing to climate change through deforestation and causing air and water contamination through mercury use and land degradation. It also links to other illicit activities and creates opportunities for corruption.

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  How do technological changes in artisanal and small-scale gold mining ...

  2022111 · Semantic Scholar extracted view of "How do technological changes in artisanal and small-scale gold mining affect the environment and communities’ health?" by Bossissi Nkuba et al.

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  Heightened levels and seasonal inversion of riverine …

  20191111 · Abstract In recent years, rising gold prices have exacerbated the global proliferation of artisanal-scale gold mining (ASGM), with catastrophic consequences for human and ecological health. Much of this burgeoning industry has occurred in biodiversity hot spots, notably in the tropical forests of South America.

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  Pollutants | Free Full-Text | Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining …

  Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) using mercury affects community agreements for the conservation of forests (CoS) and lakes (CoH), which have a high level of biodiversity in the Peasant Reserve Zone of the Cimitarra River Valley (ZRC-VRC) in Colombia. In this research, a multi-criteria approach (MCA) was applied to analyze the impact of ASGM. …

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  Socio-environmental perceptions and barriers to conservation …

  2021111 · Abstract Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) poses threats to biodiversity and to the health and well-being of human communities. However, ASGM also economically supports several populations from lower social-economic backgrounds, especially in the Global South.

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