O. Timber trade in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): effectiveness of timber parks in tackling tax frauds. Int. For. Rev. 25, 177–189 (2023). Google Scholar Bryceson, D. F. & Geenen, S. Artisanal frontier mining of gold in Africa: labour transformation in Tanzania...
eastern DRCWomen have long remained invisible in representations of artisanal mining in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Based on original field data, this paper seeks to fill that gap. It shows how women come to mining sites with the hope of finding a degree of security, economic ...
oxidative DNA damage. It was already known that industrial mining and processing of metals has led to severe environmental pollution in the region. This field study provides novel and robust empirical evidence that the artisanal extraction of cobalt that prevails in the DR Congo may cause toxic ...
Summary: In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a recent study found that artisanal mining, a small-scale and informal mining operation using simple tools, is causing harm to fores... Sign inSUBSCRIPTION: Subscribe Now Subscriber Terms & Conditions ...
Cobalt, in particular, is a metal in rising demand due to its use in batteries for portable electronics, energy storage and electric vehicles. Read more Privacy policy and cookies Our approach to artisanal mining and tackling child labour in the DRC Principles we follow UN Global Compact UN...
In recent times, there had been reported cases of Pb poisoning in Anka gold mining area, Northwest Nigeria. Therefore, this study was carried out to determ
Making a killing: criminality & coping in the Kivu War economy Over the last four years, the eastern Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have seen the precipitous rise and fall of a lucrative economy based on artisanal mining of tantalum ore. In some ways building on ...
in most gold-mining areas; record-breaking gold prices on world markets; and the restructuring of government agencies, partly supported by the international community, to increase supervision and enforcement of laws in all mining areas; Gold is the economic lifeblood of the eastern DRC, but the ...
Focusing on the case of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the former explains how mining corporations increasingly play a role in formalising ASM communities through corporate-sponsored cooperatives, “but without the rights and benefits of formally employed workers” (p....
While artisanal mining extends far beyond the DRC, supporting the livelihoods of almost 1 in 20 people on the planet, and includes commodities such as copper, gold, tin and lithium, it was in 2016 that Amnesty International drew attention to child labour and inhumane working conditions in the ...