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  Historicizing Sustainable Livelihoods: A Pathways Approach …

  2014101 · Summary This article adopts a “pathways to sustainability” approach to study lead mining in rural China. Through an in-depth case study, it reveals how shifting mining practices are tied to institutional and political economic contexts, cost-benefit distribution, and changes in livelihood resources and strategies. It weaves together an …

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  2020 State of the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector

  202154 · 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector The 2020 State of the ASM Sector Report builds on the analysis from the 2019 Report to close further data gaps in the ASM sector. The 2020 Report uses the Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8): “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and …

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  Heavy metal bioaccessibility and health risks in the …

  2018319 · The lack of management in small-scale mining operations has the potential for negative repercussions, e.g., mine collapses, compared with well-regulated large-scale mines. Here, we used an in vitro model to investigate heavy metal soil pollution characteristics and their attendant health risks in an abandoned, small-scale lead (Pb) …

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  Mercury and artisanal and small-scale gold mining: Review …

  2023310 · Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is present in over 80 countries, employing about 15 million miners and serving as source of livelihood for millions more. The sector is estimated to be the largest emitter of mercury globally. The Minamata Convention on Mercury seeks to reduce and, where feasible, eliminate mercury use in the …

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  Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining - UNEP

  Today is the sixth anniversary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, a landmark global agreement to protect people and the environment from the toxic effects of mercury. To mark the occasion, UNEP is looking back at a story originally published in February about the campaign to end the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining.

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  An update on global mining land use - Scientific Data

  2022722 · The result is a global-scale dataset containing 44,929 polygon features covering 101,583 km2 of large-scale as well as artisanal and small-scale mining.

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  Mercury and Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Miners in China

  200444 · Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the largest sources of mercury pollution in China.

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  The safety regulation of small-scale coal mines in China: …

  201311 · Shen and Gunson (2006) reviewed the role of artisanal and small-scale mining on China’s economy and argued that the contributions of these mines outweigh their negative impacts and that the government should strengthen the regulation to create a fair and sound environment for their operations.

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  Better Working Conditions Can Improve Safety and …

  202153 · The report, " 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector ," examines artisanal and small-scale mining’s contribution to achieving the SDG8: promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. The report finds that informality of the sector, an ongoing problem that …

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