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In light of burgeoning largescale neoliberal mining investments in Africa and globally, there has been a growing body of research on mining-induced displacement and resettlement in Africa ...
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the challenges and dilemmas presented by involuntary resettlement and mining. Dr Brooks started her career working in refugee camps following the Rwandan genocide and witnessed the effects of post-conflict displacement. She then worked on involuntary resettlement with oil and gas sector companies in West Africa before joining Anglo American.
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The study focuses on the largest mining-induced displacement and resettlement case in West Africa by Goldfields Ghana limited Tarkwa (Akabzaa and Darimani, 2001). This exercise took place between 1990 and 1998 and forcefully …
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This study seeks to assess the effects of mining-induced displacement and resettlement on the livelihoods of s in selected mining communities in Ghana.
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is primarily an economic issue associated with loss or significant reduction of access to basic resources on which communities depend. The broad range of social impacts may be considered secondary, but they are serious and include a large gender component
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The object of this paper is to present mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) as a highly diverse global socioeconomic issue occurring in all regions of the world, as a human rights issue, and as a source of challenges to public international law and and institutions providing humanitarian assistance. Development-induced displacement is primarily …
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The "speed" to extract these minerals drives us to rethink mining induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) by considering how this urgency may protract displacement impacts. Using the political ecology of climate change mitigation framework, this article analyses multidimensional displacements resulting from the accelerated extraction ...
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) can have significant social consequences and impact the socioeconomic condition of resettled persons, yet it is an unavoidable outcome of continuous mineral exploitation and mining (Kemp et al. 2017;Owen and Kemp 2014). Mininginduced displacement and resettlement may be vastly injurious to ...
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is an important development issue because it significantly influences the livelihoods and sustainability of mining communities. This study seeks to ...
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Dam-induced and mining-induced displacement and resettlement are two sector-specific terms that have emerged. People may need to make way for a change in land use, such as the creation of a national park, biodiversity reserve, conservation region or carbon credit offset scheme (conservation-induced displacement and resettlement).
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The problem of mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) poses major risks to societal sustainability. Unfortunately, no global survey has assessed the scale of MIDR.
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Findings indicate that MIDR is largely characterised by factors that occur in 'brownfield' project scenarios; even when the initial displacement commences in otherwise 'new' mining...
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According to The World Bank's (1996, p. 92) Bankwide Review of Projects Involving Involuntary Resettlement 1986–1993, less than five percent of development-induced displacement or resettlement (DIDR) was attributable to the mining sector. This percentage does not reflect the global impact or presence of MIDR, but merely the percentage of World Bank funded projects …
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is an important development issue because it significantly influences the livelihoods and sustainability of mining communities. This study seeks to ...
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Generally, mining-induced displacement has been less considered in research on development-induced displacement. Specifically, economists have relegated displacement studies to other disciplines…
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Research on mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR), as defined by Downing (2002), presents evidence that the mining industry, as it currently exists, is not socially sustainable and creates major displacement problems. When rich ore is found, land is acquired to access that ore and to mine it.
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Mining induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) led to loss of socio-cultural, economic and environmental aspects of the displaced families thereby affecting their livelihood. Included was ...
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement in Afghanistan's Aynak mining community: Exploring the right to fair compensation. Ghulam Dastgir Khan Y. Yoshida Mari Katayanagi Nematullah Hotak Johann Caro-Burnett
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A theoretical proposition for these linkages is made. The study also reveals that mining-induced displacement is equally important in displacement studies. The study recommends that economists must put more effort in mining-induced resettlement studies given that it has the potential to resettle more people.
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Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: A Critical Appraisal. Journal of Cleaner Production. 9 Unlike other industries, mining companies face uncertainty around land use – they are not always able to predict long-term needs. Land is often secured on an 'as needs' basis, as projects expand. 1. Incremental 'brownfield' expansion
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1 Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: A major threat to sustainable societies The problem of mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) poses major risks to societal sustainability.1 The severity of these risks is encapsulated in the opening lines of the World Bank Group's policy on involuntary resettlement
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Many scholars have turned their attention to the consequences of mining-induced displacement and resettlement on the lives of displacement victims. For instance, Twerefoo (2021) examined the impact of mining-induced resettlement on the livelihood dynamics of a poor displaced rural community in Ghana. The study revealed that displacement ...
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is an important development issue because it significantly influences the livelihoods and sustainability of mining communities. This study seeks to ...
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In mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR), although this occurs globally, the problems faced by the affected communities in several regions largely vary. In this article, we highlight the varying impacts of MIDR, especially on human rights, through the review of recent literature. Findings from this
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Mining-induced displacement and resettlement is an important development issue because it significantly influences the livelihoods and sustainability of mining communities. This study seeks to assess the effects of mining-induced displacement and resettlement on the livelihoods of s in selected mining communities in Ghana. The mixed ...
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Specialists rarely look into the subject of mining-induced displacement and its social consequences. However, some instructive examples do exist. One particularly valuable and detailed study worth mentioning is entitled, Avoiding New Poverty: Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement, published in 2002 by professor Theodore E.
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Shangguan (2019): Risk perceptions and mining-induced displacement and resettlement: a case study from Anhui Province, China, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2019. ...
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Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettement: Social Problem and Human Rights Issue (A global perspective) Bogumil Terminski Abstract: The object of this paper is to present mining …
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This study examines mining-induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) in rutile mining communities in Sierra Leone, drawing from mining and resettlement literature and …
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Generally, mining-induced displacement has been less considered in research on development-induced displacement. Specifically, economists have relegated displacement studies to other disciplines despite displacement's economic relevance. This paper seeks to outline development-induced displacements and their linkages with economic activities and life …
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