Assessing Community Relocation and Resettlement Programs for Managing Conflicts in the Prestea Mining Community

Adonteng‐Kissi, Obed; Ohene-Konadu, Kofi

doi:10.18848/2325-1166/cgp/v11i03/55354

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“…The Prestea mines had been at the center of fierce hostility after their former owner laid off 1,400 of their 1,800 workers in 1998 when they were encountering economic problems (Puplampu and Dashwood, 2011). In March 2002, the GSR shut down its underground mine and changed its operational direction to surface mining (Adonteng-Kissi and Ohene-Konadu, 2015). The surface mining operations required relatively lower demand for labour, and therefore many local people were laid off (Dashwood and Puplampu, 2010).…”

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Precarious work or sustainable livelihoods? Aligning Prestea's Programme with the development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining

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Adonteng-Kissi

2018

Natural Resources Forum

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Alternative livelihoods programmes (ALPs) are extensively executed in mining communities, often as models of development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM). This paper assesses whether Prestea's ALP aligns with the development dialogue on artisanal mining. The conceptual design of ALP in Ghana's Prestea is based on the notions of substitution, homogenous community, and impact scalability. This paper argues that the Prestea ALP is not aligned with the development dialogue on artisanal mining, and therefore it is difficult to understand the role and function of environmentally‐damaging behaviours within livelihood strategies. The paper contends that it would be appropriate to concentrate on improving the existing artisanal miners’ operation of those most susceptible to resource access restrictions. Further, it may be more prudent to utilize livelihood‐centered interventions that create strong connections with sustainable development as a way of creating regular community engagements. Additionally, this paper argues that the term for the intervention programme on artisanal mining should be replaced with the broader term ‘livelihood‐centered intervention’. The replacement of the term ‘ALP’ avoids the tacit belief that ALP can adequately replace artisanal mining operations. Livelihood‐centered intervention should not necessarily utilize alternative livelihoods as direct behavioural change instruments.

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Section: Artisanal Mining In Ghanamentioning

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“…The GSR is a global gold mining and exploration company based in Toronto, Canada (Adonteng-Kissi and Ohene-Konadu, 2015). The firm's significant mining activities take place in the western region of Ghana's Ashanti Gold Belt, where it has two major operational hubs, namely: (a) Prestea and (b) Wassa.…”

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Precarious work or sustainable livelihoods? Aligning Prestea's Programme with the development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining

Adonteng‐Kissi

Adonteng-Kissi

2018

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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community engagement the answer?

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Adonteng-Kissi

2017

Journal of Sustainable Mining

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Poverty and mine’s compensation package: Experiences of local farmers in Prestea mining community

Adonteng‐Kissi

2017

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Assessing Community Relocation and Resettlement Programs for Managing Conflicts in the Prestea Mining Community

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Precarious work or sustainable livelihoods? Aligning Prestea's Programme with the development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining

Precarious work or sustainable livelihoods? Aligning Prestea's Programme with the development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining

Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community engagement the answer?

Poverty and mine’s compensation package: Experiences of local farmers in Prestea mining community

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