Assessment of the Mining Sector and Infrastructure Development …
Infrastructure development remains one of the biggest threats to protected areas, resulting in the degradation of forests by opening access to otherwise intact and remote areas. As forests are opened for logging and mining, bushmeat hunting is likely to increase, dramatically affecting wildlife populations.
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New large-scale mapping project of artisanal and small-scale mining …
IPIS has been mapping mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2009. ... A workshop in August 2021 in Goma marked the beginning of this new round of primary data-collection in remote mining areas. Fifteen IPIS researchers, including both nationals and international staff, worked together for four days to update …
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"Referees become players": Accessing coltan mines in the …
This study was based on data collected at two coltan mining sites: Kisengo and Kahendwa. Both sites are located in the chiefdom of Ntengu, at a distance of 49 km from each other and roughly 115 km from Nyunzu-centre (the territorial capital). Mining activities started in Kisengo in March 2007 and in Kahendwa in September 2011.
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J | Free Full-Text | Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sites in the
Maintaining records of artisanal and small-scale mining sites in developing countries requires considerable effort, so it would be beneficial if Earth observation data from space could assist in the identifying and monitoring of such sites. Artificial light emissions are common at industrial-scale mining sites and have been associated with small-scale …
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Conservation and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: …
Section snippets Study area. The DRC extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Great Lakes region in the east, covering an area of over 2,345,409 km 2 (Central Inteligence Agency, 2013). Our study area contained all of the DRC that is part of the Congo Basin – the second largest tropical rainforest in the world – and is based on the extent of …
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'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the …
Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara …
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Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Landscape Analysis of Cobalt Mining
The cobalt mining sector is well positioned to be a key contributor in determining the success of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Despite the important contribution to the DRC's economy, the rapid expansion of mining operations has resulted in major social, …
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How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable …
But for that artisanal cobalt that is dug in all the hundreds of sites all over that part of the Congo, there are these traders. ... KARA: Yeah. I was in a very remote artisanal mining area, many ...
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Mapping Artisanal Small-Scale Mining in Eastern DRC
News Training and workshop on mapping artisanal mining in Eastern DRC February 9, 2018 (French version below) 2373 Mining sites visited, including 470 visits in the last thirteen months. 300 Roadblocks visited on a total of 798 mapped roadblocks. More than 18 000 km DRC webmap updated with newest mining site qualifications July 18, …
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When a Road Leads to Deforestation
On this new dirt road, drivers could roll along at 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour and reach previously remote areas. To Kleinschroth, ... mining, or illegal logging. In a new study, Kleinschroth and colleagues examined how road networks in the Congo Basin have changed over the past 15 years and how they have affected deforestation rates ...
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Cobalt mining for lithium ion batteries has a high human cost
Last year, CDM reported exporting 72,000 tons of industrial and artisanal cobalt from Congo, making it No. 3 on the list of the country's largest mining companies, according to Congolese mining ...
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Spatial evaluation of land-use dynamics in gold mining area using
Gold mining operations generate a range of ecological and environmental impacts that can be measured spatially using geographic information system and remote sensing methods. This study assessed land-use and land-cover dynamics in the gold mining area using geographic information system and remote sensing techniques with …
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New large-scale mapping project of artisanal and small-scale mining …
IPIS has been mapping mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2009. ... A workshop in August 2021 in Goma marked the beginning of this new round of primary data-collection in remote mining areas. Fifteen IPIS researchers, including both nationals and international staff, worked together for four days to update IPIS ...
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New large-scale mapping project of artisanal and small-scale …
Over the next two years, IPIS - in partnership with USAID, Tetra Tech and the Congolese Ministry of Mines (SAEMAPE) – will undertake a large-scale mapping effort of artisanal and small-scale mining sites in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the …
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Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Investigating the Potential of …
Greater awareness of the serious human rights abuses associated with the extraction and trade of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has applied increasing pressure for businesses to move towards more responsible and sustainable mineral sourcing. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities in rural and remote …
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
In 2020, the DRC was the world's largest cobalt miner with a production of 95,000 tons, or nearly 41% of the world's cobalt. The DRC was the sixth largest producer of industrial diamonds in 2020 with a production of 3.7 million carats. The country boasts some of the highest quality copper reserves globally, with some of the mines estimated ...
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'You make money by finding men': DR Congo's gold rush trade
Deborah, who is 17, works as a prostitute in Luhihi, a town on the edge of a gold mine in South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). She moved here a year ago, soon after the ...
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Assessment of the Mining Sector and Infrastructure
1. The Congo Basin Region (CBR). The CBR hosts one of the world's largest expanses of closed canopy tropical forest, second in area only to the Amazonian rainforest.
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Remote Sensing | Free Full-Text | Assessing the Applications of …
This paper discusses opportunities to use remote sensing (RS) technologies in addressing the persistent global challenges related to the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. The paper uses a systematic literature review to identify, analyze, and synthesize various uses of RS on the detection and monitoring of ASGM activities …
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Optical remote sensing of large-scale water pollution
In Catoca, the ore is extracted at an open pit mine, processed on site and the tailings are deposited in a TSF with a surface of around 11.5 km 2 (Fig. 2 a). The impoundment stores around 35 Mio m 3 of tailings (Santos, 2021).The spillover from the dam is discharged into the small Lova River, a tributary of the Tshikapa River (spelled …
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USGS Scientists Help Address Conflict Mining
In 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey was asked by the U.S. Department of State to help address illegal diamond mining in Africa. Since then, the USGS has collaborated with several international organizations working to track and monitor illegal mining and armed groups funded by natural resources around the world.
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(PDF) Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sites in the
Here, we examine whether known artisanal and small-scale mining sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are associated with observations of night light emissions by the Visible...
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Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in …
The interactive web map presented with this report shows the location of 253 trading centres and 2,026 mining sites in eastern DR Congo, 1,615 of which have been visited by IPIS …
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Earth Matters
The Congo Basin is covered by tropical rainforests and swamps and is famous for its rich biodiversity. At two million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles), the Congo rainforest is the second largest in the world and about the size of Mexico. The image above shows a forested area near a stream in the Republic of Congo.
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Chinese in Beijing manage cobalt mines in Africa by …
Chinese mine operators overseeing cobalt mining in Africa can monitor and control on-site activities from their ... The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produces 70 per cent of the world's ...
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An Ecuadoran town that survived illegal miners now faces a …
Banner image: Mining company Hanrine has denounced more than 60 people in Buenos Aires and says the illegal miners have now disguised themselves as "anti-mining" groups to block the entrance ...
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(PDF) Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis Using Optical …
Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis Using Optical Satellite Imagery and GIS Data for the Detection of Mining Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Assessment of the Mining Sector and Infrastructure …
to protected areas, resulting in the degradation of forests by opening access to otherwise intact and remote areas. As forests are opened for logging and mining, bushmeat hunting is likely to increase, dramatically affecting wildlife popula-tions. Agriculture threatens forests because large areas of land are cleared or burned.
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A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …
Although an inefficient mining method, the large numbers of people can contribute substantially to a country's total production. Much of this mining occurs in distant, lawless areas like the Amazon River basin or the outback in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The work is grueling and dangerous because of violence and unregulated work …
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Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa
Africa has the largest restoration opportunity of any continent in the world—more than 700 million ha of degraded land" (World Resources Institute 2016 ). The contribution of mining to overall land degradation in Africa is largely unknown because numbers and areas of abandoned mine sites are not well documented.
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