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Formalizing artisanal gold mining under the Minamata convention: Previewing the challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gavin Hilson, Tara Rava Zolnikov, Daisy Ramírez‐Ortiz, Cynthia Kumah

Environmental Science & Policy · 2018 · 92 citations · 33 references

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Natural ResourcesNatural Resource GovernanceNatural Resource PolicyAfrican HistoryMineral Resource GovernanceMineral Resource PolicyMining LawMining PermittingMining PolicyArtisanal And Small-scale Mining PolicyArtisanal Mining GovernanceArtisanal Mining PolicyColonial MiningFormalization Of Artisanal MiningGold Mining HistoryGold Trade

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Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +15

Farming, small-scale mining and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: A critical overview

Gavin Hilson · The Extractive Industries and Society · 2016 · 266 citations

Social Sciences, Mining Engineering, Sustainable Agriculture +17

Mercury pollution due to gold mining in the Madeira river basin, Brazil.

Olaf Malm, W.C. Pfeiffer, Cristina Maria Magalhães de Souza et al. · AMBIO · 1990 · 236 citations

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +14

Contaminated identities: Mercury and marginalization in Ghana’s artisanal mining sector

Petra Tschakert, Kamini Singha · Geoforum · 2007 · 234 citations

Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Social Science +12

Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining economy: Drivers, implications and clarifications

Gavin Hilson, Abigail Hilson, Eunice Adu-Darko · Journal of Rural Studies · 2014 · 226 citations

Social Sciences, Development Studies, Economics +10