Left to Their Fate- Effects of Mining on the Environment and Wellbeing of Residents in the Asutifi District, Ghana

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Left to their Fate? Effects of Mining on the Environment and

Wellbeing of Residents in the Asutifi District, Ghana

+auda Suleman1* Simon ,ariwah 2 and ollins d/ei ,ensah 30

1.+e"artment of eogra"h and egional !lanning* niversit of a"e oast* niversit !ost (ffice* a"eoast* hana. Email5 dondauda&7ahoo.com

2.+e"artment of eogra"h and egional !lanning* niversit of a"e oast* niversit !ost (ffice* oast*hana.

3.+e"artment of eogra"h and egional !lanning* niversit of a"e oast* niversit !ost (ffice* a"eoast* hana.

entre for r8an and egional Studies* Sch. of eogra"h* Earth 9 Environmental Sciences* niversit of:irmingham ;#* :1$ 2aa* 2%%. aa 9 +arimani* 2%%1#. Gactors such asthe high level of fiscal incentives en/oed 8 mining com"anies and the high level of foreign e=change earningsmining com"anies are allowed to retain in offshore accounts have 8een "ointed out as the "ro8a8le factors thatmight cause such negative 8enefits HanAson* 2%%&F Aa8>aa 9 +arimani* 2%%1#. aa 9 +arimani* 2%%1#.


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environmental /ustice gemanres"ect of s"ace* the conce"t envirowaste management. Cowever* in thmost of the e=tractive industries we

and ?atin merica. In "articular* inattendant negative im"acts on the einto the activities of e=tractive indus

ithin the conce"t of envidistri8utive /ustice focuses on e@uit

/ustice on the other hand concern i;aswan 1& o"ined that distriha>ards that are often suffered 8 lotaAes care of the unfair involveenvironmental ha>ards. In the contactivities of the mining com"an

"olitical in/ustice. ccording to g8 8oth "rocedural and su8stantive

the environment constitute the "roclive in and en/o a clean and health

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It can 8e inferred from the a8ove findings that management of the com"an has "ut in "lace various methods tomanage li@uid waste emanating from its activities. Cowever* some of these methods were not a""ro"riate. In

"articular* 8urning solid wastes in incinerators and de"ositing sludge into landfills can 8e regarded as a "oormanagement "ractice even though it is the chea"est. s indicated in the waste management hierarch* the cost of

incineration and discharging wastes into landfills is chea"er com"ared to other methods such as reccling andreuse irling* 2%%$#.


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(8servation of some as"ects of theenvironment. Gigures 2* 3 and 4 shfor the residents.

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the Ainds of "rogrammes needed to ade@uatel mitigate the negative socio-environmental im"acts of NewmontBsactivities.4.4 Lac" of Protection against Environmental is"s #a$sed b% Mining

,atters on lacA of "rotection against environment risAs caused 8 mining activities came u" strongl in

the stud. ,ore than &% "ercent of the res"ondents com"lained of lacA of su""ort from the central governmentand other "u8lic sector mining su""ort organisations to mitigate the negative im"acts of mining on theirlivelihoods. es"ondents were also concerned a8out the a""arent lacA of su""ort from Newmont* the localgovernment +istrict ssem8l# and traditional leadershi" on matters relating to the negative im"acts of miningon the various communities. It also emerged that information on the activities of the mining com"an such as itstotal concession* schedules for 8lasting rocAs and movement of heav dut machiner was inade@uate. henres"ondents were asAed whether the had access to information concerning the activities of Newmont that have a

8earing on the environment more than % "ercent answered in the negative.


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Left to Their Fate- Effects of Mining on the Environment and Wellbeing of Residents in the Asutifi District, Ghana