Getting grounded? Miners’ migration, housing and urban settlement in Tanzania, 1980–2012

Jønsson, Jesper Bosse; Bryceson, Deborah Fahy; Kinabo, Crispin; Shand, Mike

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2019.05.007

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“…Instead, we relate our findings to the well-documented phenomenon of mineral rushes after new mineral deposits are struck, leading to influxes of people within a short period (Bryceson and Geenen 2016). Although it is primarily miners who arrive at the beginning of the rush phase, diversification of activities may develop as more households begin to settle, for instance, due to the need to grow food (Jønsson et al 2019;Hilson 2011). In line with this, we provide evidence that the forest loss from increasing farming activities around mines far outweighs that directly attributable to excavations and spreads into the larger area surrounding mines.…”

Section: Artisanal Mining As a Deforestation Triggermentioning

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Artisanal Mining Triggers Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ladewig,

Masolele,

Chervier

et al. 2024

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The discovery of valuable minerals can stimulate migration into remote forest areas like few other events. But despite the widespread practice of artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its role in the ongoing deforestation in the Congo Basin has not received adequate attention. We address this research gap by investigating how artisanal mining triggers deforestation in the mineral-abundant eastern provinces of the country. Using quasi-experimental methods and new mining data, our analysis shows the spatio-temporal dynamics of forest loss occurring around artisanal mines. We find elevated deforestation spreading at least 5 km from mines and an additional 4.5 percentage points of initial forest area lost 10 years into mining within the same distance. The triggered forest loss from farming and settlement expansion is 25 times larger than the area directly lost to mining, revealing a much larger role played by artisanal mining in deforestation dynamics than previously assumed.

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Section: Artisanal Mining As a Deforestation Triggermentioning

confidence: 88%

Artisanal Mining Triggers Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ladewig,

Masolele,

Chervier

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…Moreover, current impact assessments in Africa usually consider only a small number of health outcomes (e.g., HIV, malaria, injuries), often disregarding non-communicable and vector-borne diseases, among others (Dietler et al, 2020). This neglect is particularly problematic in mining areas that witness high in-migration and rapid population growth, leading to the (unregulated) emergence of urban settlements (Abah, 2012;Bryceson et al, 2022;Jønsson et al, 2019). Furthermore, there are significant variations in company performance when it comes to carrying out impact assessments, with some largely neglecting health considerations, while even the best-performing ones do not carry out a comprehensive assessment of public health risks and impacts (Engebretsen and Brugger, 2021).…”

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Exploring the Policy Space for Public Health in Large-Scale Mining in Burkina Faso:A Q-Methodology Study

Proksik¹,

Brugger²

2023

SSRN Journal

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Mining mobility and settlement during an East African gold boom: Seeking fortune and accommodating fate

Bryceson

Jønsson²,

Shand

2020

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In light of Shiller's concept of 'irrational exuberance', we interrogate migrants' optimistic material expectations at artisanal and industrial gold mining locations during a period of exceptional mobility spurred by the international gold boom of 2000-2013. Our household survey and interview findings reveal miners' and residents' mobility and settlement patterns in three Tanzanian gold mining settlements, representing different stages and forms of mining along a trajectory of deepening gold extraction and increasing urbanization. Resident miners', traders' and service providers' personal motivations, strategies and dilemmas surface. The constancy of migrants' motivation for economic betterment and the contingency of their strategic thinking in the face of gold supply uncertainty emerges clearly. However, mining site residents' highly mobile lives entail toleration of temporary, inadequate housing in infrastructurally deficient, polluted and unsafe mining environments, a situation at odds with their aims for lifestyle enhancement. Given the unpredictability of gold production, residents reconcile their expectations of striking it rich with the reality of suboptimal outcomes. Those who gain satisfaction and esteem in their careers are likely to do so through high levels of mobility, ultimately rewarded with desirable housing and settlement locations, whereas others adapt to constrained mobility and unenviable settlement locations, or abandon mining.

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Getting grounded? Miners’ migration, housing and urban settlement in Tanzania, 1980–2012

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Artisanal Mining Triggers Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Artisanal Mining Triggers Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Exploring the Policy Space for Public Health in Large-Scale Mining in Burkina Faso:A Q-Methodology Study

Mining mobility and settlement during an East African gold boom: Seeking fortune and accommodating fate

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