Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining within the Catchment Area of Mining Companies at Tarkwa

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dc.contributor.authorKusimi, B.A.
dc.contributor.authorKusimi, J.M.
dc.contributor.authorYiran, G.B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-28T15:57:01Z
dc.date.available2020-02-28T15:57:01Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionGhana Social Science Journal, 10(1 & 2), 25-52en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies on the impact of mining on socio-economic activities, health and the environment were undertaken within the catchment of three multinational mining companies at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. This evaluation was done through questionnaire surveys, interviews, focus group discussions and a review of monitoring reports of statutory institutions and existing environmental management regulatory systems/policies in the country. The study found out that mining companies have provided some social, health and educational facilities in communities within their catchment. Nonetheless, mining has resulted in increased air and water pollution, land displacement, poverty and diseases. This situation has arisen due to certain weaknesses in the institutional and regulatory frameworks governing the mining industry. These include inadequate capacity in human and material resources of statutory institutions to enforce legislation, the confidentiality of environmental audit reports, and the low participation of communities in environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0855-4730
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35052
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Social Science Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10;1-2
dc.subjectEnvironmental management systemen_US
dc.subjectGolden_US
dc.subjectImpacts of miningen_US
dc.subjectMining and environmenten_US
dc.subjectMining and healthen_US
dc.subjectTarkwaen_US
dc.subjectWestern region of Ghanaen_US
dc.titleSocio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining within the Catchment Area of Mining Companies at Tarkwaen_US
dc.typeJournalen_US

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