Influence of land tenure practices on artisanal mining activity in Ghana

dc.contributor.author	Nyame, F.K.
dc.contributor.author	Blocher, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-25T10:36:51Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-25T10:36:51Z
dc.date.issued	2010-03
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the issue of land tenure and how it influences artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activity in Ghana. Over the past few decades, attempts by governments in sub-Saharan Africa to regulate or formalize ASM as a result of the sector's increasing socio-economic and environmental importance have largely been unsuccessful. Even though mining laws have tended to vest all minerals in the state, increasing evidence suggests that mineral-rich lands for artisanal mining continue to be frequently traded between local landowners and miners or interested groups outside the official legal regime. This development, i.e. land trading for artisanal mining, contributes significantly towards proliferation of illegal ASM activity and hence potentially challenges attempts by governments and development partners to formalise the sector. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2009.11.001
dc.identifier.other	Volume 35, Issue 1,Pages 47-53
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/29566
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Resources Policy	en_US
dc.subject	Artisanal mining	en_US
dc.subject	Ghana	en_US
dc.subject	Land tenure	en_US
dc.title	Influence of land tenure practices on artisanal mining activity in Ghana	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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