The Impact of Gold Mining on Local Farming Communities in Ghana

The increase in leases for surface gold mining in Ghana between 1983 and 1998 has had drastic consequences for sustainable land use and management in the country. Most of these leases were for surface mining displacing the original owners from large arable land needed for their livelihoods. This sit...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang, Patrick Osei-Kufuor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kennesaw State University 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Initiatives
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/jgi/vol8/iss1/3/
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