Climate Change, Conflict, and Resource Extraction: Analyses of Nigerian Artisanal Mining Communities and Ominous Global Trends

• Glavni autori: Casey Bartrem (Autor), Ian von Lindern (Autor), Margrit von Braun (Autor), Simba Tirima (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Ubiquity Press, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: The 2010 lead poisoning outbreak that claimed the lives of more than 400 children in artisanal gold mining villages in Zamfara, Nigeria is the tragic result of high gold prices, a geologic anomaly, and processing of ores in residential areas. Today, these villages face a growing crisis r...